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Red Slate Pencil Urchin

Heterocentrotus mammillatus

Photo by Eric Noora
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Field Notes

Notes:

Spotted on the way to Binukbok Cave at a depth of around 6m.
The spines, as in most species of pencil urchins, are collected to make melodious wind chimes.

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EOL: Heterocentrotus mammillatus, Heterocentrotus mammillatus, Red Slate Pencil Urchin - Heterocentrotus mammillatus - Sea Urchins - - Tropic…

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Comments (4)
Eric Noora
Hope they are still working Ava T-B :-)
Ava T-B
I had those wind-chimes about 30 years ago!

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PublishedNovember 23, 2011

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