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Updated 9/23/2013

Family Brissidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Brissus latecarinatus

Firehouse, Oahu, 35 feet

 

 

Kewalo Hump, Oahu, 90 feet

 

 

Recently dead, Corsair, Oahu, 105 feet

 

  

HEART URCHIN

Live animals bury themselves in sand and are rarely seen but old tests are common.  Preyed upon by rays and helmet snails.  This species has a prominent posterior dorsal crest.  Attains 8 inches.  East Africa to Japan, Hawaii, and Pitcairn.