Echinometra oblonga
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| Echinometra oblonga | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Camarodonta |
| Family: | Echinometridae |
| Genus: | Echinometra |
| Species: | E. oblonga |
| Binomial name | |
| Echinometra oblonga Blainville, 1825 | |
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Echinometra oblonga, also called the oblong urchin or 'ina 'ele 'ele (ina= generic name for urchin, 'ele 'ele= blackish) in Hawaiian, is a very common rock boring urchin on shallow rocky shores of the tropical Indo-Pacific and Southern Africa.[2]
Echinometra oblonga shows a range of color from dark purple to black. Their spines are shorter, and more blunt than other species of Echinometra.[3]