Echinocardium cordatum

Heart Urchin at Tura Beach, NSW

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Identification history

	Echinocardium cordatum	20 Mar 2019	LizAllen
	Unidentified	20 Mar 2019	Steff

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User's notes

I found these in the high tide line after the rough weather this week. They are quite fragile and some have fine, almost furry, spines. Can anyone tell me me what they are? Are they a type of sea urchin?

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Location information

Coordinates 149.930313 -36.872965
Places Tura Beach, NSW

Sighting information

11 Abundance
20 Mar 2019 02:59 PM Recorded on
Steff Recorded by
Collections
Marine Invertebrates Sea Stars, Sea Urchins & allies (Echinodermata) Sea Urchins (Echinoidea) Steff South Coast NatureMapr

Species information

Echinocardium cordatum Scientific name
Heart Urchin Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
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