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Name:
Common name:
Metalia spatagus → Heart urchin
Synonym:
Metalia spatagus → Prometalia spatagus, (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family / Genus / Species / Binom / Author:
Brissidae → Metalia → spatagus → Metalia spatagus → Linnaeus, 1758
Protection status:
Location:
Size of the specimen:
Length: 11,9 cm
Width: 10,2 cm
Height: 5,9 cm
Weight:
These large sea urchins are commonly found in the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans in shallow water to depths of 100 meters. When alive, they are covered with thousands of small fibreglass-like spines.
