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Tripneustes gratilla (Linnaeus 1758), the
Priest-Hat or Collector Urchin. Family Toxopneustidae. Indo-Pacific; Red Sea
to Hawai'i. Toxic to the touch to sea life. To about five inches in
diameter overall. Mentioned so hobbyists will avoid it. This one out and
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Brissus latecarcinatus (test) Leske 1778,
the Keeled Heart Urchin. When live this urchin lives barely under
the sand and is covered with short brownish to pinkish spines.
Hawai'i pic of an obverse test (exoskeletons), showing
the crescent mouth opening and anus at the other end.
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Echinaster luzonicus
(Gray, 1840), the Luzon Sea Star; Indo-Pacific (East Africa to Indo.,
P.I.) on shallow reefs. Variable in color. Easily discards arms that
regenerate. Symbiotic w/ copepods and comb jellies. Here in Bali, Indo. |
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Echinaster luzonicus
(Gray, 1840), the Luzon Sea Star; Indo-Pacific (East Africa to Indo.,
P.I.) on shallow reefs. Variable in color. Easily discards arms that
regenerate. Symbiotic w/ copepods and comb jellies. Here in Bali, Indo.
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