Rose flower urchin
The rose flower urchin is a sea urchin with a pink, red or purple shell and clusters of flower-like grasping parts. It lives in the East Pacific, from Peru to California and around the Galapagos Islands. It is venomous, so its flower-like parts can give a painful sting.1

Ni ngay ko xàmmee
- Its shell (test) is rigid and a solid pink, red or purple1
- Its many pedicellariae (stalked grasping parts) look like a cluster of flowers1
- It often covers its body with debris from its surroundings1
Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: It is similar to the flower urchin (Toxopneustes pileolus), which lives in the Indo-West Pacific. The rose flower urchin has a solid pink, red or purple shell, while the flower urchin's shell is variegated, meaning it has mixed colours.1
Kàttanu daŋar
Daŋar bi dafay génn ci ab dag buy jam.
Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?
This sea urchin is venomous, like other members of its genus. Its flower-like pedicellariae can deliver a painful sting if they are touched.1
Ni mu lore nit ñi?
Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.
Su jamee
- Teg gaañu-gaañu bi ci ndox mu tàng, lu nit ki mën a muñ waaye bu dul ko lakk, te wutal ndimbal doktoor ngir dindi dag yi. Bul gas ngir wut leen sa bopp.
Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk
Sàmmal sa bopp
- Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
- May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
- Su benn jamee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.
Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp
Fan ci àddina?
Ni mu réye?
Ni mu guddoo?
guddu na ni 3 bloku tabax yu ñu toftale
gën a yéex escargot bu tóokërRose flower urchin ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?
Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.
Ni mu gaawe?
Xibaar
It is one of the "collector urchins", which cover their upper surfaces with debris from their surroundings.1
A 1998 study suggests the debris may act as ballast, stopping the urchin being swept away by wave surges while it feeds.1
The genus name Toxopneustes means "poison breath", from Greek words for poison arrows and breath.1
Fa xibaar yi jóge
- Toxopneustes roseus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Toxopneustes roseus (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
- Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.
Xibaar bu nekk ci xët wii am na ab nimero buy won fa mu jóge. Su nu juumee, baal nu, nun ay nit ñu bëgg rab lanu, du ab jurnaalu xam-xam. Wax nu ko ci [email protected] te dinanu ko jubbanti.
Dafay jam