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Echinoidea (sea urchins)
Toxopneustes pileolus (globiferous pedicellariae)
Description
The small globiferous pedicellariae with the conspicuous white edge are widely open or folded up. Their stalks are set with poison glands immediately below the valves. One large, closed pedicellaria is visible in the fore-ground. In this form the poison gland onthe stem is a little distant from the base of the valves.
Scale 3 mm.
Author
Schultz, Heinke
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added on 2005-02-23
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From reference
Schultz, H. (2006). Sea urchins: A guide to worldwide sha...
© 2005 Schultz, Heinke
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