
Parechinus angulosus, the Cape urchin, is a sea urchin in the family Parechinidae endemic to southern Africa. It is the only species in the genus Parechinus.
Cape sea urchin
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Parechinus angulosus, the Cape urchin, is a sea urchin in the family Parechinidae endemic to southern Africa. It is the only species in the genus Parechinus.
==Synonyms== Cidaris angulosus Leske, 1778 Cidaris angulosus minor Leske, 1778 Echinus angulosus minor (Leske, 1778) Echinus minimus Blainville, 1825 Echinus subangulosus Lamarck, 1816 Parechinus angulosus pallidus H.L. Clark Parechinus annulatus (Mortensen, 1909) Protocentrotus angulosus (Leske, 1778) Protocentrotus annulatus Mortensen, 1909 Psammechinus subangulosus (Lamarck, 1816)
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