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Poriocidaris purpurata (aboral)
Poriocidaris purpurata (aboral)
Description Aboral side: The spines on the apical system are scarce. The neck of the aboral primary spines is strongly thickend and coloured in deep purple.
Diameter 51 mm; Northeast Atlantic, west of Ireland.
ZMUH Author Schultz, Heinke JPG file - 189.72 kB - 1 417 x 988 pixels added on 2011-02-23594 viewsERMS taxaDigital photo, entire species Poriocidaris purpurata (Thomson, 1872) accepted as Histocidaris purpurata (Thomson, 1872)checked Kroh, Andreas 2021-02-24From reference Schultz, H. (2011). Sea urchins III: Worldwide regular de... © 2011 Schultz, Heinke
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