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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.
[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] About 80 of the 600 unique species of sea urchins contain poisons, but they generally do not cause significant harm to humans. [5]
The southern South Asia region has recorded 89 deaths from (primarily hawksbill and green) sea turtle poisoning from 1840 to 1983, mainly in Tamil Nadu and northern and western Sri Lanka. [ 2 ] Chelonitoxism can be deadly, and supportive treatment is the only treatment available; there is no known antidote .
Bald sea urchin disease is a bacterial disease known to affect several species of sea urchins in the Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic and along the California coastline. Research suggests two pathogens are responsible for the disease, Listonella anguillarum and Aeromonas salmonicida .
Sea urchins in Israel's Gulf of Eilat have been dying off at an alarming rate, researchers announced Wednesday — a development that threatens the Red Sea’s prized coral reef ecosystems.
Expert warns urchins vital to coral reef ecosystems now ‘functionally extinct’ in Red Sea Mysterious plague is wiping out sea urchins across the globe, scientists say Skip to main content
Diadema setosum is a widely distributed species of sea urchin. Its range stretches throughout the Indo-Pacific basin including Malaysia, [6] longitudinally from the Red Sea and then eastward to the Australian coast. Latitudinally, the species can be found as far north as Japan and its range extends as far south as the southern tip of the ...
For marine scientists, it was deja vu: Another die-off swept through the region in the 1980s and slashed sea urchin populations by around 98%. Mystery solved: Scientists ID Caribbean sea urchin killer