Echinocardium australe

Echinocardium australe, or the New Zealand heart urchin is a sea urchin of the family Loveniidae, endemic to New Zealand. Length is up to 40 mm.

Underside view of test of Echinocardium australe

Echinocardium australe
Test of Echinocardium australe
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E. australe
Binomial name
Echinocardium australe
Gray, 1855

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