Talk:Kina (animal)

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The picture half way down with the caption 'Medium size Evechinus chloroticus from Whangaparaoa Peninsula, New Zealand', I'm wondering if there's a ref for 'medium sized' there, as it looks much smaller than usual to me. Unless that's a giant's hand...Number36 (talk) 23:51, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Proposed name change

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The result of the move request was: page moved -- JHunterJ (talk) 11:30, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

New Zealand sea urchin → Kina (animal) – 23:08, 11 April 2012 (UTC) Any reason this shouldn't be at Kina? Or perhaps, as that's a disambig page, Kina (New Zealand Sea Urchin), Kina (animal), or something similar. They're pretty much exclusively known as Kina within New Zealand, not only in Maori, but also their common name in English as adopted from the Maori language. I mean we know they're called Sea Urchins overseas, but it's certainly not common to refer to them as such. A couple of refs; the page from the Seafood Industry Council on them; here, and an article from The Southland times here.Number36 (talk) 00:15, 12 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I agree. This is the name by which it is universally known in New Zealand (outside of Marine biology). Stuartyeates (talk) 03:50, 16 April 2012 (UTC)


 * There is a preference (I think) to use binomial names for organisms since they are a unique identifier. In this case the binomial name is Evechinus chloroticus. It is currently a redirect. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 20:37, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I think WP:COMMONNAME means that the common name rather than scientific should be used as the article title; the most relevant common name in this case appears to be Kina.Number36 (talk) 21:24, 17 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Support per WP:COMMONNAME. I agree that when an overwhelming common name exists, we should use it and not the scientific bionomial name. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:24, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
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