Tripneustes gratilla, the collector urchin or halloween urchin, is a species of sea urchin. Collector urchins are found at depths of 2 to 30 metres (7 to 100 ft) in the waters of the Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, the Red Sea, and The Bahamas. They can reach 10 to 15 centimetres (4 to 6 in) in size.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Collector Urchin being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Tripneustes australiae
- Tripneustes ventricosus
- Pseudoboletia maculata
- Tripneustes depressus
- Mespilia globulus
- Salmacis sphaeroides
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Echinoidea
- Order
- Camarodonta
- Family
- Toxopneustidae
- Genus
- Tripneustes
- Species
- Tripneustes gratilla
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