Comprehensive Description
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fornecido por Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Echinometra viridis Agassiz
Echinometra viridis Agassiz, 1863:22. [For synonymy, see Mortensen, 1943b:368. Kier and Grant, 1965, and McPherson, 1969, describe aspects of the biology of this species.]
This species is readily distinguished from E. lucunter by its blue-tipped spines. It is much more common, living in great numbers in niches in the coral, particularly in beds of Agaricia (leaf coral) in the Buttress Zone where approximately 10 specimens are present per square meter. No specimens were found below a depth of 9 meters.
- citação bibliográfica
- Kier, Porter M. 1975. "The echinoids of Carrie Bow Cay, Belize." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-45. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.206
