General:
Color variations include purple, tan/yellow, white.
Size:
to at least 11.2 cm length.
Habitat description:
Benthic, soft sediment.
Ocean range (global):
North Pacific.
References
Encyclopedia of Life
Tree of Life
World Register of Marine Species
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Lauerman, L.M.L., R.S. Kaufmann, and K.L. Smith Jr. (1996). Distribution and abundance of epibenthic megafauna at a long time-series station in the abyssal northeast Pacific. Deep Sea Research 1, 43: 1075-1103 (as Echinocrepis sp.)
Maluf, L.Y. (1988). Composition and distribution of the Central Eastern Pacific echinoderms. Technical Reports, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 2:242.
Vardaro, M.F. (2010). Genetic and anatomic relationships among three morphotypes of the echinoid Echinocrepis rostrata. Invertebrate Biology, 129: 368-375. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7410.2010.00205.x
Citation:
Echinocrepis rostrata
(Mironov, 1973) Deep-Sea Guide (DSG) at http://dsg/mbari.org/dsg/view/concept/Echinocrepis%20rostrata. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Consulted on 2024-11-22.
Reference photo for measuring the length of this triangular-shaped animal. Measure from an imaginary line connecting the 2 lobes (anterior) with the single lobe (posterior).MBARI 2006: T1068-05