Arbacia nigra (= Tetrapygus niger) is a species of sea urchins in the family Arbaciidae. It was first described by the Chilean naturalist Juan Ignacio Molina in 1782. It is found in the southeastern Pacific Ocean on the coasts of South America.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Black Sea 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
- Mesocentrotus nudus
- Heliocidaris crassispina
- Echinometra vanbrunti
- Arbacia lixula
- Heliocidaris erythrogramma
- Arbacia punctulata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Echinoidea
- Order
- Arbacioida
- Family
- Arbaciidae
- Genus
- Arbacia
- Species
- Arbacia nigra
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