Family: Echinometridae
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Indo-Pacific Rock-boring Urchin - Echinometra mathaei
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Needle-spined Urchin - Echinostrephus aciculatus
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Western Pacific Purple Sea Urchin - Heliocidaris erythrogramma
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Red-tipped Urchin - Heliocidaris tuberculata
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Echinodermata (Echinoderms)
> Subphylum: Echinozoa (Sea Urchins and Sea Cucumbers)
> Class: Echinoidea (Sea Urchins, Sand Dollars and Heart Urchins)
> Subclass: Euechinoidea
> Infraclass: Carinacea
> Subterclass: Echinacea
> Order: Camarodonta
> Infraorder: Echinidea
> Superfamily: Odontophora
> Family: Echinometridae
> Genus: Echinometra (Rock-boring Urchins)
> Species: E. mathaei - Indo-Pacific Rock-boring Urchin
> Genus: Echinostrephus
> Species: E. aciculatus - Needle-spined Urchin
> Genus: Heliocidaris
> Species: H. erythrogramma - Western Pacific Purple Sea Urchin
> Species: H. tuberculata - Red-tipped Urchin
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