Stomopneustes
Stomopneustes variolaris, the black sea urchin or long-spined sea urchin, is a species of sea urchin, the only one in its genus Stomopneustes and only species still alive in its family Stomopneustidae. It is found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, with a patchy distribution.
| Long-spined sea urchin | |
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| Stomopneustes variolaris | |
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| Genus: | Stomopneustes L. Agassiz, 1841 |
| Species: | S. variolaris |
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| Stomopneustes variolaris (Lamarck, 1816) | |
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