Originally posted by YellowLabLover
True. Very true. In the aquarium hobby, black sea urchins- like the one you posted in your first post- are venomous. You are just lucky that it did not sting you, that's all, keep touching it and you just might- which means you will have to be rushed to the hospital!

Long-spined black sea urchin
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...=23&pCatId=591
ooops i was mistaken.. you are very right about the long spined black sea urchin being venomous... .... ... .. i will give my boss a peice of my mind when i get to work tomorrow, he has several salt tanks and told me that, that particular species isnt poisionous... wow i am fairly mad..