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Order: Echinoida - Family Echinometridae

Echinostrephus aciculatus

Agassiz, 1863

Red Needle Pin Urchin

Not Reef Tank Suitable

Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank

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

Size: 3 inches (7 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits shallow reef areas.

Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home aquarium trade.

Best left in the wild.

A rock boring species.

Taxonomy:

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Echinodermata

    Class: Echinoides

    Order: Echinoida

    Family: Echinometridae

    Genus: Echinostrephus

FYI: Shown here for identification only.

 Echinostrephus aciculatus (Red Needle Pin Urchin)
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 Echinostrephus aciculatus (Red Needle Pin Urchin)
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