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title: "Indo-Pacific Rock-boring Urchin"
description: "Echinometra mathaei — Inne zwierzęta. Echinometra mathaei, the burrowing urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family Echinometridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/indo-pacific-rock-boring-urchin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Indo-Pacific Rock-boring Urchin

> Echinometra mathaei — Inne zwierzęta. Echinometra mathaei, the burrowing urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family Echinometridae.

- Scientific name: *Echinometra mathaei*
- Category: `other` (Inne zwierzęta)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 6695
- Wikidata: [Q260571](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q260571)
- iNaturalist taxon: [128719](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/128719)

## Names

- en: Indo-Pacific Rock-boring Urchin
- fr: Oursin perforant

## Countries with the most observations

US (2769), TW (478), AU (438), NC (295), ID (268), PF (239), PH (218), TZ (139), EG (134), JP (129), KE (114), MU (106)

## Summary

Echinometra mathaei, the burrowing urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family Echinometridae. It occurs in shallow waters in the Indo-Pacific region. The type locality is Mauritius.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinometra_mathaei

## Photo

![Indo-Pacific Rock-boring Urchin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/indo-pacific-rock-boring-urchin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Phillip Salzinger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145273994

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/indo-pacific-rock-boring-urchin?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).