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Symptoms of the initial injury may include pain, bleeding, redness, swelling, and inflammation. [4] [1] The injury may show small purple or black dots or staining of the skin from the natural dye inside the sea urchin. [4] [1] These symptoms generally subside with complete removal of the spines. [4]
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.
Pseudocentrotus depressus, commonly known as the pink sea urchin, [2] is a species of sea urchin, one of only two species in the genus Pseudocentrotus.It was first described in 1864 by the American marine zoologist Alexander Agassiz as Toxocidaris depressus, having been collected during the North Pacific Exploring and Surveying Expedition undertaken by Captain Cadwalader Ringgold and later ...
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Asthenosoma varium is a sea urchin (an echinoderm, a member of the phylum that also includes star fish). Growing up to 25 cm (10 in) in diameter, it lives on sand and rubble sea bottoms in the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea to Australia and Southern Japan. Its venom tipped spines, with distinctive globular swellings below the tip, can inflict a ...
The green sea urchin prefers to eat seaweeds but will eat other organisms. They are eaten by a variety of predators, including sea stars , crabs, large fish, mammals, birds, and humans. The species name "droebachiensis" is derived from the name of the town Drøbak in Norway.
It is a typical sea urchin, with extremely long, hollow spines that are mildly venomous. D. setosum differs from other Diadema with five, characteristic white dots that can be found on its body. The species can be found throughout the Indo-Pacific region, from Australia and Africa to Japan and the Red Sea. Despite being capable of causing ...
Toxopneustes roseus is similar in appearance to the more widespread flower urchin, Toxopneustes pileolus.It can be distinguished by having a rigid "shell" that is a solid pink, red, or purple in color, in contrast to the variegated coloration of the test of Toxopneustes pileolus.