Sea Biscuit

Clypeaster rosaceus

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 0–285 m

This thick bodied urchin relative lives in turtle grass meadows and on open sand, its short spines covering a domed shell shaped like a biscuit. It ranges from the shallows to nearly 300 metres and feeds on detritus in the sediment.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Echinodermata › Echinoidea › Clypeasteroida › Clypeasteridae › Clypeaster

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 367962.