species: Heliocidaris tuberculata in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Heliocidaris tuberculata


©John Turnbull: By constantly scraping the same place each day, some urchins create a home scar. These are often made in rock, but in this pic you can see them in the side of living corals. The scraped area has then been colonised by encrusting red algae. (Lord Howe Island)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Echinoidea
Order Camarodonta
Family Echinometridae
Genus Heliocidaris
Species Heliocidaris tuberculata

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