Cake Urchin

Fellaster zelandiae, which is also called a cake urchin, or the snapper biscuit, is an echinoderm of the family Arachnoididae, endemic to New Zealand. The maximum width of this type of echinoderm is 100 mm.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Cake 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

• Arachnoides placenta
• Echinarachnius parma
• Echinodiscus bisperforatus
• Dendraster excentricus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

Class

Echinoidea

Order

Clypeasteroida

Family

Clypeasteridae

Genus

Fellaster

Species

Fellaster zelandiae

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