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Order: Echinoida - Family Echinometridae

Echinometra mathaei

Blainville, 1825

Burrowing Urchin

Likely Reef Tank Suitable

Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea to Hawaii.

Size: 4 inches (10 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits shallow reef areas.

Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home aquarium trade.

Should it become available in the trade, aquarium husbandry would be the same as Echinometra lucunter shown elsewhere in this Species Library. In fact, its also has the same burrowing capabilities in live rock.

Taxonomy:

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Echinodermata

    Class: Echinoides

    Order: Echinoida

    Family: Echinometridae

    Genus: Echinometra

FYI: Shown here for identification only.

 Echinometra mathaei (Burrowing Urchin)
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