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Green sea-urchin

Green sea-urchin -
Psammechinus miliaris


Scientific names: The Greek word psammos means sand, while echinos, which is also Greek, means sea-urchin. The Latin milium means millet. The Latin -aris means in relation to.

Other scientific names: Echinus miliaris, Parechinus miliaris.

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