Oval urchin found between stones at the bottom of a rock pool. Port St Johns, Wild Coast, Eastern Cape (2021). Also referred to as the burrowing urchin or the rock-boring urchin. Test oval when viewed from above, purple to black. Spines fairly long and stout, tapering evenly to a sharp tip. Spine color purple, brown… Continue reading Oval urchin (Echinometra mathaei)
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Cape urchin (Parechinus angulosus)
Purple urchin shading himself with the egg of a ray or a shark. Fishhoek, Western Cape (2020) - iNaturalist Also called 'pumpkin shell'. Test round, densely covered in shortish, pointed spines which vary in length but never exceed about one-fifth test diameter.Colour variable, most often purple, but also green, red or pale. About 60 mm.… Continue reading Cape urchin (Parechinus angulosus)
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