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Fire Urchin (purple)

Asthenosoma varium

Seabook: Fire Urchin (purple)

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Max Weight

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

Colors

white
brown
yellow
orange
purple

Habitat and Environment

Benthic

Venomous

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Danger to human

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