Meoma ventricosa, known by the common names cake urchin and red heart urchin, is a species of large sea urchins which live in shallow waters in the Caribbean. They may reach a diameter of twenty centimeters and are covered in reddish-brown spines. Specimens have both pentagonal radial symmetry and bilateral symmetry, giving them a sand-dollar appearance; however, two of the five sections are merged more closely than the others.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Red Heart 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.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Echinoidea
- Order
- Spatangoida
- Family
- Brissidae
- Genus
- Meoma
- Species
- Meoma ventricosa
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