Needle-spined Urchin

Echinostrephus aciculatus is a species of sea urchin belonging to the family Echinometridae first documented by Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz in 1863.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Needle-spined 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

• Echinostrephus molaris
• Centrostephanus tenuispinus
• Centrostephanus rodgersii
• Echinometra viridis
• Centrostephanus coronatus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

Class

Echinoidea

Order

Camarodonta

Family

Echinometridae

Genus

Echinostrephus

Species

Echinostrephus aciculatus

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