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Sea Urchin, White

Pseudechinus huttoni

Invertebrate

Echinodermata

Echinoidea

Temnopleuridae

Soft Bottom Subtidal
Soft Bottom Subtidal
Rocky Reef Subtidal
Rocky Reef Subtidal

Feeding:
Scavenger
Scavenger
Distribution:
New Zealand
New Zealand
Edibility:
Unknown Edibility
Unknown Edibility
Size:
Hand Sized
Hand Sized



A small white urchin with medium length spines.


Found at depths ranging from 45-100 m in the nearshore waters off Otago Peninsula (southeastern NZ).


Likely a scavenger,


Broadcast spawner. May hybridise with the other two Pseudechinus species.