Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758)
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- Common name: English - Black (sea) urchin, German - Mittelmeerseeigel, Schwarzer Seeigel, Italian - Riccio maschio, French - Oursin noir, Spanish - Erizo negro
- Systematics: Arbaciidae, Arbacioida
- Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, Eastearn Atlantic Ocean, Brazil
- Diet: Omnivorous scavenger, algae, sponges
- Feeding type: Bulk feeder
- Habitat: On rocks
- Depth range: Littoral - 40 m
- Maximum test size: 80 mm
- Behaviour: Night-active species
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Technical information
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- Specimen ID: Arbacia lixula var. africana 1952.3.26.31-36 Natural History Museum, London
- Collected in: 1949, Hospital Reef, Axim, Gold Coast, Ghana, Atlantic Ocean
- Collected by: R. Bassindale
- Identified by: -
- Specimen test size: 1.8 cm
- Scanning location: Würzburg 17.6T
- Scanning solution: Aqua dest. + Magnevist
- MRI dataset resolution: (44 µm)3
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Literature cited
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- Gegenbaur, C. 1874. Grundriss der vergleichenden Anatomie. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.
- Coe, W. R. 1912. Echinoderms of Conneticut. State. Conneticut: State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin No. 19.
- Bonnet, A. 1925. Recherches sur l'appareil digestif et absorbent de quelques echinides reguliers. Annales de l'Institut Oceanographique 2(2).
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