Echinodiscus bisperforatus is a species of sand dollar described by Nathanael Gottfried Leske in 1778. The species is found throughout the Indo-Pacific in the Red Sea and off the coasts of south and east South Africa, Thailand, Malayan Archipelago, and New Caledonia at depths up to 20 meters. It grows to lengths of 11.8 centimeters.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Echinodiscus bisperforatus 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
- Encope emarginata
- Mellita quinquiesperforata
- Mellita isometra
- Leodia sexiesperforata
- Mellita tenuis
- Arachnoides placenta
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Echinoidea
- Order
- Echinolampadacea
- Family
- Astriclypeidae
- Genus
- Echinodiscus
- Species
- Echinodiscus bisperforatus
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