Order
Common name: Reef Urchins
Scientific name: Camarodonta
Camarodonta is an order of sea urchins commonly found in reef environments. Members of this order, such as the popular tuxedo urchin, are known for their herbivorous diet, feeding on algae and helping to control algae growth in aquariums. They are characterized by their robust, often colorful spines and a globular shape. Hobbyists appreciate them for their utility in maintaining clean rocks and glass, but care should be taken to ensure they have enough food and are not damaging more delicate corals.
- Common name: rock-boring urchinScientific name: Echinometra lucunter
- Common name: Rock Boring UrchinScientific name: Echinometra mathaei
- Common name: Reef UrchinScientific name: Echinometra viridis
- Common name: Urchin Spine SnailScientific name: Echinostrephus aciculatus
- Common name: Burrowing fine spine urchinScientific name: Echinostrephus molaris
- Common name: common sea urchinScientific name: Echinus esculentus
- Common name: Pineapple Sea UrchinScientific name: Echinus melo
- Common name: slate pencil urchinScientific name: Heterocentrotus mamillatus
- Common name: variegated urchinScientific name: Lytechinus variegatus
- Common name: Red Sea UrchinScientific name: Mesocentrotus franciscanus
- Common name: blue tuxedo urchinScientific name: Mespilia globulus
- Common name: Bald-patch urchinScientific name: Microcyphus rousseaui
- Common name: Purple sea urchinScientific name: Paracentrotus lividus
- Common name: Green Sea UrchinScientific name: Psammechinus microtuberculatus
- Common name: Indiana UrchinScientific name: Pseudoboletia indiana
- Common name: Spotted Sea UrchinScientific name: Pseudoboletia maculata
- Common name: Dussumier's DartfishScientific name: Salmaciella dussumieri
- Common name: Salmacis BelliScientific name: Salmacis belli
- Common name: Urchin Banded ShrimpScientific name: Salmacis sphaeroides
- Common name: violet sea urchinScientific name: Sphaerechinus granularis
- Common name: Purple sea urchinScientific name: Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
- Common name: Flower UrchinScientific name: Toxopneustes pileolus
- Common name: Collector UrchinScientific name: Tripneustes gratilla
- Common name: sea eggScientific name: Tripneustes ventricosus