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Rock-boring Urchin

Echinometra lucunter

Photo by NickO
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Field Notes

Description:

Sea urchin which was mainly black on its periphery but was red towards its center, these were found almost exclusively between and inside if crevices of underwater boulders, found in Puerto Rico; sizes varied from the size of a half dollar American coin to the size of a plum

Species ID Suggestions

Rock-boring Urchin

Echinometra lucunter

Comments (1)

Based on your description I think it is a Rock-Boring Urchin. :)
Photographed
PublishedMay 7, 2014

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