Atlas of African Echinoderma

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EchinoMAP:   1939
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3228CC
Observer:   Griffiths C; Arno Botha
Date of record:   2017-04-27
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   quate a few on lowshore in pools
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   305700
Species name:   Tripneustes gratilla
Common name:   Short-spined urchin
Family:   Toxopneustidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   tripneustes
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=EchinoMAP-1939
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1939 - photo: 1
VM-number: 1939 - photo: 2
VM-number: 1939 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Charles Griffiths
Comment:   large animal - popular eating!
Date:   2017-06-02 16:15:54
Species name:   Tripneustes gratilla -- Short-spined urchin
Species code:   305700

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