User:Kylee Jane/Echinometra oblonga

Comments by A Faucci (Apr 13):


 * Great work overall!
 * See my suggestions for deletions ( strikethrough ) or additions (underlined)
 * Make sure you integrate the text that is already on Wikipedia with your additional information so that it makes sense and there is not too much overlap. (link to Article already on Wikipedia)
 * Nice work in citing your references.
 * Make sure you write about this species only. Most of your anatomy is very general and applies to any urchin and therefore does not go here. On the other hand, discuss them in general as they occur not only in Hawaii.
 * Scientific species names are always in italics, the genus capitalized, the species not: Echinometra oblonga
 * Make sure to read your text out loud one more time to catch any English or flow issues

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Echinometra oblonga, also called the oblong urchin or 'ina 'ele 'ele (ina= generic name for urchin, 'ele 'ele= blackish) in Hawaiian, is a very common rock boring urchin on shallow rocky shores of the tropical Indo-Pacific and Southern Africa. Threats to this species include

Anatomy
Echinometra oblonga dark purple/ to black. Their spines are shorter, and more blunt than other species of Echinometra. Echinometra oblonga have an upper side, which is their aboral side, and a lower side, which is their oral side. Their body parts include the Ambulacra, Tubercle, Madreporite, Genital Plate, Ocular plates, Peristome, and Interambulacral.

Their external color is a dark purple/black. Their spines are shorter, and more blunt than other species of Echinometra.

Habitat:
Echinometra oblonga generally live on the rougher-water areas of tropical reefs. To protect themselves from the force of the waves, they live in the holes of the reef, but they also live on exposed reef flats. As the urchin grows, they use their jaws to help enlarge holes in the reef. Their spines trap seaweed and algae from the reef, and then it is transferred to the mouth.