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Heterocentrotus
Heterocentrotus is a genus of the family Echinometridae. They are mainly found in the Indo-Pacific basin, especially in Reunion or Hawaii. This genus appeared in the Miocene and spread throughout the warm Indo-Pacific.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Red Pencil Urchin
speciesHeterocentrotus mamillatus
Heterocentrotus trigonarius
speciesHeterocentrotus trigonarius
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47614.