Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus)
Echinus lucunter Linnaeus, 1758:665. [For a synonymy and illustrations, see Mortensen, 1943b:357. Kier and Grant, 1965, and McPherson, 1969, describe aspects of the biology of this species.]
This species is restricted to shallow water less than 3 meters deep, where it lives in crevices in the coral. It is more prevalent in a high energy environment and is absent from the lagoon.
- bibliographic citation
- Kier, Porter M. 1975. "The echinoids of Carrie Bow Cay, Belize." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-45. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.206
