Description
Plococidaris verticillata is a sea urchin from the Cidaridae family. Brownish spherical body with thick spines bearing encircling whorls of shot blunt spines often covered with fouling organisms. The anus is at the top (apex), in the center of a star pattern with 5 branches of brown to greyish blue. The quills (primary r... Read more in SeabookLocations
- Sri Lanka
- Maldives
- Seychelles
- Laccadive Islands
- Indo-Pacific
- +37 locations in Seabook
Colors
white
brown
green
Habitat and Environment
Coral reef
Social Behaviour
Solitary