Stomopneustes

Long-spined sea urchin
Stomopneustes variolaris
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Stomopneustes

L. Agassiz, 1841
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S. variolaris
Binomial name
Stomopneustes variolaris
(Lamarck, 1816)[1]

Stomopneustes variolaris, the black sea urchin or long-spined sea urchin, is a species of sea urchin, the only one in its genus Stomopneustes and only species still alive in its family Stomopneustidae. It is found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, with a patchy distribution.

  1. ^ "WoRMS taxon details -Stomopneustes variolaris (Lamarck, 1816)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 January 2015.