Echinometra oblonga

Echinometra oblonga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Camarodonta
Family:	Echinometridae
Genus:	Echinometra
Species:	E. oblonga
Binomial name
	Echinometra oblonga; Blainville, 1825
Synonyms[1]
	Echinometra mathaei oblonga (Blainville, 1825); Echinus oblonga (misspelling); Echinus oblongus Blainville, 1825; Ellipsechinus oblongus (Blainville, 1825); Mortensenia oblonga (Blainville, 1825);

Echinometra oblonga, also called the oblong urchin or ʻina uli in Hawaiian, is a very common rock boring urchin on shallow rocky shores of the tropical Indo-Pacific and Southern Africa, often found in the same habitat as its sister species E. mathaei.[1][2][3]

References

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). "Echinometra oblonga". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 September 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Hoover, John P. (1998). Hawai'i's sea creatures : a guide to Hawai'i's marine invertebrates. [Honolulu, Hawaii]: Mutual Pub. ISBN 1-56647-220-2. OCLC 41975146.
Philipoff, Joanna; Wood, Caroline; Morishige, Kanoe; La Valle, Florybeth F.; Wood, Matthew; Faucci, Anuschka (2018). A field guide to Hawaiʻiʻs coastal organisms - Algae and Invertebrates. University of Hawaii. ISBN 978-1-58351-165-7.

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[WoRMS-1] Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). "Echinometra oblonga". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 September 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Hoover, John P. (1998). Hawai'i's sea creatures : a guide to Hawai'i's marine invertebrates. [Honolulu, Hawaii]: Mutual Pub. ISBN 1-56647-220-2. OCLC 41975146.

[3] Philipoff, Joanna; Wood, Caroline; Morishige, Kanoe; La Valle, Florybeth F.; Wood, Matthew; Faucci, Anuschka (2018). A field guide to Hawaiʻiʻs coastal organisms - Algae and Invertebrates. University of Hawaii. ISBN 978-1-58351-165-7.