Echinometra oblonga

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Echinometra oblonga
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Camarodonta
Family: Echinometridae
Genus: Echinometra
Species:
E. oblonga
Binomial name
Echinometra oblonga
Synonyms[1]
  • Echinometra mathaei oblonga (Blainville, 1825)
  • Echinus oblonga (misspelling)
  • Echinus oblongus Blainville, 1825
  • Ellipsechinus oblongus (Blainville, 1825)
  • Mortensenia oblonga (Blainville, 1825)

Echinometra oblonga, also called the oblong urchin or ʻina uli in Hawaiian, is a very common rock boring urchin on shallow rocky shores of the tropical Indo-Pacific and Southern Africa, often found in the same habitat as its sister species E. mathaei.[1][2][3]

Description[]

Echinometra oblonga have an upper side, which is their aboral side, and a lower side, which is their oral side.[4] Their body parts include the Ambulacra, Tubercle, Madreporite, Genital Plate, Ocular plates, Peristome, and Interambulacral.[4]

Reproduction[]

Echinometra Oblonga, are gonochoric.[5]They fertilize externally. Their eggs are either held on the peristome or around the periproct.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). "Echinometra oblonga". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Hoover, John P. (1998). Hawai'i's sea creatures : a guide to Hawai'i's marine invertebrates. [Honolulu, Hawaii]: Mutual Pub. ISBN 1-56647-220-2. OCLC 41975146.
  3. ^ Philipoff, Joanna; Wood, Caroline; Morishige, Kanoe; La Valle, Florybeth F.; Wood, Matthew; Faucci, Anuschka (2018). A field guide to Hawaiʻiʻs coastal organisms - Algae and Invertebrates. University of Hawaii. ISBN 978-1-58351-165-7.
  4. ^ a b "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  5. ^ a b "Echinometra oblonga, Short-spined black urchin". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
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