Echinocyamus pusillus (Müller, 1776)
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- Common name: English - Pea urchin, Dwarf sea urchin, Small sea urchin, German - Zwerg-Seeigel, French - Petit oursin de sable, Spanish - Ericillo de arena
- Systematics: Echinocyamidae, Clypeasteroida
- Distribution: North-Eastern Atlantic Ocean
- Diet: Foraminiferans, encrusting organisms
- Feeding type: Epipsammic grazer
- Habitat: Coarse shellgrit, coarse gravel
- Depth range: Littoral - 1250 m
- Maximum test size: 14 mm
- Behaviour: Infaunal
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Technical information
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- Specimen ID: - freshly fixed specimen
- Expedition: freshly fixed specimen collected by Biologische Anstalt Helgoland (BAH)
- Collected in: 2006, near Helgoland island, North Sea
- Collected by: Biologische Amstalt Helgoland (BAH)
- Identified by: BAH
- Specimen test size: 5 mm
- Scanning location: Würzburg 17.6T
- Scanning solution: Formalin + Magnevist
- MRI dataset resolution: 20x18x18 µm3
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Literature cited
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- Agassiz, A. 1872. Revision of the Echini. Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 7.
- Grassé, P. 1948. Tome XI - Echinodermes, Stomocordes, Procordes. In: Traite de Zoologie. Paris: Masson.
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