Pseudoboletia indiana

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Pseudoboletia indiana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Camarodonta
Family:	Toxopneustidae
Genus:	Pseudoboletia
Species:	P. indiana
Binomial name
Pseudoboletia indiana (Michelin, 1862)

Pseudoboletia indiana, commonly known as the pebble collector urchin, is a species of echinoderms belonging to the family Taxopneustidae.^[1] In Hawaii P. indiana is also known as hawa`e po`ohina.^[2]

Description[edit]

Pseudoboletia indiana has a white round body with short spikes, variously colored white, pink, purple, or green at the ends.^[3] Pseudoboletia indiana is on average around 5 in (130 mm) in diameter.^[4]

Distribution[edit]

The pebble collector urchin can be found in Hawaii, New Zealand, Easter Island, and Madagascar.^[5]

Habitat[edit]

Pseudoboletia indiana lives on the ocean floor, at up to 100 m (330 ft) in depth.^[5] The urchin uses debris from the ocean, such as pebbles, broken pieces or coral, seaweed, to cover itself.^[2] The urchin also provides protection to other smaller marine life like the miner’s urchin shrimp (Gnathophylloides mineri).^[4] During the night, the urchin will abandon the pebbles and coral it uses as camouflage and will roam around.^[6]

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