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Astropyga radiata (test, oral)
Description Oral side: The cleaned test shows a light green tinge. On the upper side the pore zones are a broad band of densely set, oblique rows of pore-pairs, on the underside they are distally a straight line, but widened towards the peristome, becoming distinct phyllodes.
Diameter 121 mm; Cebu, Philippines.
Author Schultz, Heinke
JPG file - 206.70 kB - 935 x 932 pixels
added on 2011-02-23265 viewsWoRMS taxaDigital photo, part of species Astropyga radiata (Leske, 1778)checked Kroh, Andreas 2021-02-24From reference Schultz, H. (2011). Sea urchins III: Worldwide regular de...
© 2011 Schultz, Heinke
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