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Animal realm > Invertebrates > Echinoderms > Sea Urchins > Crown urchin

Crown urchin

Scientific name : Prionocidaris verticillata


Large spined urchin, each spine have regularly spaced swellings like spiny crowns. Test diameter 5 cm.
Living in the back reef, during the day under corals or rubble. Active at night.
The crownes spines are distinctive toward Phyllacanthus imperialis and Heterocentrotus mammillatus.


Distribution: Indo-Pacific

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