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Toxopneustes pileolus, commonly known as the flower urchin, is a widespread and commonly encountered species of sea urchin from the Indo-West Pacific.It is considered highly dangerous, as it is capable of delivering extremely painful and medically significant stings when touched.
The specific name roseus means "rosy" in Latin. Though it does not have a widely used common name, it is sometimes known as the "rose flower urchin" or the "pink flower urchin". [2] More commonly, it is simply called a "flower urchin", though that name strictly applies only to the related Indo-West Pacific species, Toxopneustes pileolus.
Toxopneustes is a genus of sea urchins from the tropical Indo-Pacific.It contains four species.They are known to possess medically significant venom to humans on their pedicellariae (tiny claw-like structures).
Sea urchins or urchins (/ ˈ ɜːr tʃ ɪ n z /) are typically spiny, globular animals, echinoderms in the class Echinoidea. About 950 species live on the seabed, inhabiting all oceans and depth zones from the intertidal to 5,000 metres (16,000 ft; 2,700 fathoms). [ 1 ]
Flower urchins may refer to: Toxopneustes pileolus, a venomous species of sea urchin from the tropical Indo-West Pacific; Members of the genus Toxopneustes in general
Toxopneustes elegans is one of the four species in the genus Toxopneustes.It was first described by the German zoologist Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Döderlein in 1885. [1] The generic name Toxopneustes literally means "poison breath", derived from Greek τοξικόν [φάρμακον] (toksikón [phármakon], "arrow [poison]") and πνευστος (pneustos, "breath").
Pedicellaria of Acanthaster planci Generalized pedicellaria of an (a) asteroid and (b) echinoid. A pedicellaria (pl.: pedicellariae) is a small wrench- or claw-shaped appendage with movable jaws, called valves, commonly found on echinoderms (phylum Echinodermata), particularly in sea stars (class Asteroidea) and sea urchins (class Echinoidea).
The banded sea urchin has a slightly oval test (shell), reaching a diameter of about 5 cm. [1] Like almost all the Diadematidae (but it is in Echinothrix calamaris that it is most obvious) it has two different sets of spines, short and slender closed spines which go from yellow to dark (through brown) in colour and can deliver a nasty sting, and longer and thicker spines that are often banded ...