Toxopneustes
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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. They are someti
Toxopneustes pileolus
Toxopneustes pileolus from Okinawa, Japan
Toxopneustes pileolus from Réunion
Toxopneustes roseus from the Gulf of California, Mexico
Toxopneustes roseus
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Toxopneustes roseus is a species of sea urchin from the East Pacific. It is sometimes known as the rose flower urchin or the pink flower urchin. Like the related flower urchin, they are venomous.
Toxopneustes
…variegated red, grey, green, or purple coloration of their tests. Common and widespread in the Indo-West Pacific, from East Africa to the Cook Islands. Toxopneustes roseus (A. Agassiz, 1863) Can be distinguished by the uniform coloration of their tests of pink, brown, or purple. Restricted to the East Pacific, along the…
Toxopneustes roseus range