Pseudoboletia maculata is a species of sea urchin. It is found in the western central Pacific Ocean. It is known in Indonesia, the tropical eastern Indian Ocean, and on the Great Barrier Reef. This species is reef-associated, and lives at depths of between 10 and 82 metres.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pseudoboletia maculata 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
- Pseudoboletia indiana
- Tripneustes gratilla
- Tripneustes australiae
- Temnopleurus alexandri
- Tripneustes ventricosus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Echinoidea
- Order
- Camarodonta
- Family
- Toxopneustidae
- Genus
- Pseudoboletia
- Species
- Pseudoboletia maculata
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