Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Temnopleurus toreumaticus 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
- Arbacia punctulata
- Salmacis sphaeroides
- Heliocidaris erythrogramma
- Strongylocentrotus intermedius
- Amblypneustes ovum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Echinoidea
- Order
- Camarodonta
- Family
- Temnopleuridae
- Genus
- Temnopleurus
- Species
- Temnopleurus toreumaticus
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