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Echinothrix calamaris

Blowhole, Oahu, 25 feet

 

Palea Point, Oahu, 40 feet

Sharks Cove, Oahu, 25 feet

 

Blowhole, Oahu, 20 feet

Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

 

Juvenile, Kewalo, Oahu, Hawaii, 25 feet

Lanai Lookout, Oahu, 30 feet

Kewalo, Oahu, 40 feet

 

Kewalo, Oahu, 40 feet

 

Sea Tiger Wreck, Oahu, 95 feet

YO-257 Wreck, Waikiki, Oahu, 85 feet

Puako, Hawaii, 35 feet

 

Honokohau, Hawaii, 30 feet

 

Kewalo, Oahu, 50 feet

Fecal pellets, Haleiwa Trench, Oahu

BANDED URCHIN    WANA

Very common on reefs and rubble.  Overall diameter of 8 inches.  Has thin venomous spines protected by large primary spines.  Black occasionally banded with white.  Anal opening may host the commensal crab, Echinoecus pentagonus.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.  Edible.