Fire Urchin (purple)

Asthenosoma varium

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Max Depth

67 m

Description

Asthenosoma varium is a sea urchin (an echinoderm, a member of the phylum that also includes star fish). Description Growing up to 22 cm (8.7 in) in diameter. It has an uniform arrangement of tightly packed spine clusters, variable in color and length on red spherical body, venom-tipped spines with globular s... Read more in Seabook

Locations

Sri Lanka Maldives Vietnam Cambodia Laccadive Islands +32 more in Seabook

Colors

white

brown

yellow

orange

purple

Habitat and Environment

Benthic

Venomous

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Danger to human

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