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Echinus
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Echinus

Echinus may refer to:

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

European Edible Sea Urchin

speciesEchinus esculentus

deepwater urchin

speciesEchinus gilchristi

Melon Sea Urchin

speciesEchinus melo

Echinus anchistus

speciesEchinus anchistus

Echinus wallisi

speciesEchinus wallisi

Echinus tenuispinus

speciesEchinus tenuispinus

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Where it lives

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Echinus in Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.472

Echinus in Books on Marine Fishes

Books on Marine Fishes

Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.603

Echinus in Books on Marine Fishes

Books on Marine Fishes

Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.601

Echinus in Vlyssis Aldrovandi Philosophi Ac Medici Bononiensis Historiam Naturalem in Gymnasio ibidem olim profitentis De Reliquis Animalibus exanguibus, utpote De Mollibus, De Crustaceis, De Testaceis & De Zoophytis Libri Quatuor Post mortem eius editi

Vlyssis Aldrovandi Philosophi Ac Medici Bononiensis Historiam Naturalem in Gymnasio ibidem olim profitentis De Reliquis Animalibus exanguibus, utpote De Mollibus, De Crustaceis, De Testaceis & De Zoophytis Libri Quatuor Post mortem eius editi

Aldrovandi, Ulisse · 1623 · p.145

Echinus in History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.625

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88086.