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These particular sea urchins are distinguished from other sea urchins by their irregular shape: the anus and often even the mouth are at the two poles of the test, creating a bilateral symmetry instead of the classical 5-fold symmetry of
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and some other forms. Most of them live inside the sediment, moving in thanks to their particular spines, and feed on its organic fraction.
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327:sand dollar
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224:sea urchins
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