Eucidaris metularia (Lamarck, 1816)
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- Common name: English - Ten lined (sea) urchin, German - Minen-Seeigel
- Systematics: Cidaridae, Cidaroida
- Distribution: Indo-Pacific
- Diet: Omnivorous, algae, encrusting organisms, detritus
- Feeding type: Grazer, scavenger
- Habitat: Perireefal
- Depth range: 5 - 570 m
- Maximum test size: 30 mm
- Behaviour: Epifaunal
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Technical information
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- Specimen ID: 1969.5.1.15-40 Natural History Museum, London
- Expedition: -
- Collected in: 1969, Aldabra, Indian Ocean, in Thalassia beds
- Collected by: J.D. Taylor
- Identified by: J.D. Taylor
- Specimen test size: 2.0 cm
- Scanning location: Berlin 7T
- Scanning solution: Aqua dest. + Magnevist
- MRI dataset resolution: (81 µm)3
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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.
- Ludwig, H. 1877. Beiträge zur Anatomie der Echinoideen. In: Morphologische Studien an Echinodermen. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.
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