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Central American Rock-boring Urchin

Echinometra vanbrunti

2,366 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 45, February 27, March 37, April 62, May 20, June 12, July 14, August 6, September 6, October 14, November 20, December 38.
Mexico301
Sinaloa99
Ecuador51
Oaxaca44
Sonora36
Baja California Sur32
Guerrero30
Costa Rica24
Manabi23
Jalisco21

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
FamilyEchinometridae
GenusRock-boring Urchins · Echinometra

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