Echinocardium flavescens — Overview

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This heart urchin has a yellow colour to the tube feet and spines on the underside of the body. The frontal ambulacrum is not indented and there are scattered larger spines in the interambulacral areas of the upper side of the test. About 5cm in length. Other heart urchins are similar.

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Source: Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland

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