The Echinoid Directory

Mespilia globulus Linnaeus, 1758
	Common name: English - Globular sea urchin, Royal urchin, Pincushion tuxedo urchin, Globe sea urchin, Ball urchin, Blue tuxedo urchin, German - Kugel-Seeigel Systematics: Temnopleuridae, Temnopleuroida Distribution: Indo-West Pacific Diet: Omivorous, algae, encrusting organisms Feeding type: Grazer Habitat: In warmer currents of shallow waters, on hard bottom Depth range: Littoral - 60 m Maximum test size: 56 mm Behaviour: Epifaunal (usually camouflaged)
3D model (interactive)	Model
3D model (static)	Aboral, lateral and oral views
MRI pictures	MRI image slices
Illustrations from literature	Salmacis bicolor (a closely related species, taken from Aiyar 1938)
More images	http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/echinoid-directory/taxa/taxon.jsp?id=1325
Technical information	Specimen ID: 5620 Zoologisches Museum Berlin Expedition: - Collected in: 1909, Friedrich-Wilhelm-Hafen, Deutsch Neu-Guinea (today: Madang, Papua New Guinea), Pacific Ocean Collected by: S. Schöde Identified by: - Specimen test size: 1.3 cm Scanning location: Würzbug 17.6T Scanning solution: Aqua dest. + Magnevist MRI dataset resolution: (36 µm)³
Literature cited	Aiyar, R. G. 1938. Salmacis - The Indian sea urchin. The Indian Zoological Memoirs on Indian Animal Types 7.

Mespilia globulus Linnaeus, 1758