Salamander sea urchin - Salamander sea urchin

Japanese: サンショウウニ - さんしょううに
Salamander sea urchin - Salamander sea urchin

A marine animal belonging to the phylum Echinodermata, class Echinoidea, family Salamanderidae. A dark green-brown sea urchin that lives on the gravel bottom of inland bays. The shell is 4 cm in diameter and the spines less than 1 cm long. The surface of the bare shell is engraved with numerous grooves and holes, resembling the bark of the Japanese pepper plant, hence the name. The spines vary in color, from black to bright purple-red, but always have horizontal stripes of varying shades. They are found in shallow waters south of central Honshu, the Indian Ocean, and the western Pacific Ocean. Closely related species include the northern salamander sea urchin T. hardwickii , which has black spines at the base, and the broad salamander sea urchin T. reevesii , whose anus opens by shifting outward from the center.

[Michio Shigei]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

棘皮(きょくひ)動物門ウニ綱サンショウウニ科に属する海産動物。内湾の砂礫(されき)底に産する暗緑褐色のウニ。殻径4センチメートル、棘長1センチメートル以下。裸殻の表面に多数の溝や孔(あな)が彫り込まれていて、植物のサンショウの木肌に似ているところから名づけられた。棘(とげ)の色には変異があり、黒っぽいものから明るい紫紅色のものまであるが、つねに濃淡の横縞(よこじま)を有する。本州中部以南、インド洋、西太平洋の浅海域に分布する。近縁種として、棘の根元が黒いキタサンショウウニT. hardwickiiと、肛門(こうもん)が中央部から外方にずれて開口するハリサンショウウニT. reevesiiがある。

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