Echinometra mathaei

Echinometra mathaei
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Camarodonta
Family: Echinometridae
Genus: Echinometra
Species:
E. mathaei
Binomial name
Echinometra mathaei
Blainville, 1825
Synonyms
  • Echinometra brunea A. Agassiz, 1863
  • Echinometra heteropora A. Agassiz & Desor, 1846
  • Echinometra megastoma M'Clelland, 1840
  • Echinometra microtuberculata A. Agassiz, 1863
  • Echinometra picta A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907
  • Echinus mathaei Blainville, 1825
  • Ellipsechinus decaryi Lambert, 1933
  • Ellipsechinus matheyi
  • Ellipsechinus pictus (A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907)

Echinometra mathaei, the burrowing urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family Echinometridae. It occurs in shallow waters in the Indo-Pacific region. The type locality is Mauritius.

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