
''Asthenosoma varium'' is a sea urchin. Growing up to 22 cm in diameter, it lives on sand and rubble sea bottoms in the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea to Australia and Southern Japan. It plays host to the commensal shrimp ''Periclemenes colemani'' and the zebra crab, ''Zebrida adamsii''.
Similar species: Echinothurioida
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Uploaded Jun 27, 2020. Captured Aug 8, 2019 18:57.