Atlas of African Echinoderma

Record details

EchinoMAP:   1109
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2732DA
Observer:   Tippett Ryan Matthew
Date of record:   2011-05-16
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Found in a shallow intertidal rock pool.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   305300
Species name:   Echinothrix calamaris
Common name:   Banded urchin
Family:   Diadematida
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Sea Urchin
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=EchinoMAP-1109
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1109 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Charles Griffiths
Comment:   inflated anal cone a good identification character
Date:   2014-07-08 14:56:39
Species name:   Echinothrix calamaris -- Banded urchin
Species code:   305300

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