Podophora atrata
Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History

Podophora atrata

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Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History

Podophora atrata has a domed shape with a flattened crown on the outskirts, having a helmet look. The color varies from green to purple, to burgund and brown or purple black. The surface consists of flat radiolas, juxtaposed, forming an almost smooth mosaic of polygons. The species is edible, its gonads are hunted in Tuamotu. Live on rocky or coralligene bottoms. The song is part of the old collection of invertebrates purchased by Grigore Antipa.

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