Stomopneustes variolaris, the black sea urchin or long-spined sea urchin, is a species of sea urchin, the only one in its genus Stomopneustes and only species still alive in its family Stomopneustidae. It is found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, with a patchy distribution.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pot-hole 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
- Echinometra vanbrunti
- Arbacia stellata
- Heliocidaris crassispina
- Echinometra oblonga
- Echinometra lucunter
- Centrostephanus rodgersii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Echinoidea
- Order
- Stomopneustoida
- Family
- Stomopneustidae
- Genus
- Stomopneustes
- Species
- Stomopneustes variolaris
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