Toxopneustes
| Toxopneustes Temporal range: | |
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| The flower urchin (Toxopneustes pileolus) is potentially dangerous to humans | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Camarodonta |
| Family: | Toxopneustidae |
| Genus: | Toxopneustes L. Agassiz, 1841 |
| Type species | |
| Echinus pileolus Lamarck, 1816 | |
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Toxopneustes is a genus of sea urchins from the tropical Indo-Pacific. It contains four species. They are known to possess medically significant venom to humans on their pedicellariae (tiny claw-like structures). They are sometimes collectively known as flower urchins, after the most widespread and most commonly encountered species in the genus, the flower urchin (Toxopneustes pileolus).