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Chaetodiadema japonicum (aboral)
Description Aboral side: The dark lines, marks of the blue iridescent lights, are very conspicuous. There are additional dark spots below each gonopore.
Diameter of test 41 mm, height 11 mm; Minabe, Watayama Prefecture, Japan.
Author van Noordenburg, Henk
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added on 2011-02-23255 viewsWoRMS taxaDigital photo, entire species Chaetodiadema japonicum Mortensen, 1904checked Kroh, Andreas 2021-02-24From reference Schultz, H. (2011). Sea urchins III: Worldwide regular de...
© 2011 van Noordenburg, Henk
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