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Sea Urchin, Red

Scientific name:

Pseudechinus albocinctus

Maori name:

Other names:

Category:

Invertebrate

Phylum:

Echinodermata

Class:

Echinoidea

Family:

Temnopleuridae

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Common habitat(s):

Soft Bottom Subtidal

Rocky Reef Subtidal

Other information:

Feeding:

Scavenger

Distribution:

New Zealand

Edibility:

Unknown Edibility

Size:

Hand Sized

Identification:

A small red/pink urchin with medium length spines.

Habitat:

Found at depths ranging from 45-100 m in the nearshore waters off Otago Peninsula (southeastern NZ).

Diet:

Likely a scavenger.

Lifestyle:

Broadcast spawner. May hybridise with the other two Pseudechinus species.

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