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Gracilechinus acutus

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Wikipedia Abstract

Gracilechinus acutus is a species of sea urchin in the family Echinidae, commonly known as the white sea urchin. It is an omnivore and feeds on algae and small invertebrates.
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Infraspecies

Gracilechinus acutus acutus
Gracilechinus acutus norvegicus

Predators

Gadus morhua (rock cod)[1]
Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Smokie)[1]
Pollachius virens (Sillock)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Syndesmis echiniacuti[2]
Syndesmis echinorum[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0