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Lamington Urchin

Tripneustes australiae

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) gillbsydney, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 6, February 9, March 6, April 8, May 4, June 3, July 7, August 7, September 2, October 2, November 10, December 3.
Australia67
New South Wales52
Other Territories15
New Zealand6
Northland Region5
Auckland Region1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • RegenerationCan regrow lost body partsFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumEchinoderms · Echinodermata
ClassSea Urchins, Sand Dollars, and Heart Urchins · Echinoidea
OrderCamarodonta
FamilyToxopneustids · Toxopneustidae
GenusTripneustes

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Lamington Urchin with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.