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Updated 12/18/2013
Family
Diadematidae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
Echinothrix calamaris
Blowhole, Oahu, 25 feet
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Palea Point, Oahu, 40 feet |
Sharks Cove, Oahu, 25 feet
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Blowhole, Oahu, 20 feet |
Lanai Lookout, Oahu, 30 feet |
Kewalo, Oahu, 40 feet
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Kewalo, Oahu, 40 feet
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Sea Tiger Wreck, Oahu, 95 feet |
YO-257 Wreck, Waikiki, Oahu, 85 feet |
Puako, Hawaii, 35 feet
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Honokohau, Hawaii, 30 feet
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Kewalo, Oahu, 50 feet
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Fecal pellets, Haleiwa Trench, Oahu |
Juvenile, Kewalo, Oahu, Hawaii, 25 feet |
Magic Island, Oahu, 25 feet |
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Magic Island, Oahu, 25 feet
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BANDED URCHIN
WANA
| Common on reefs and rubble
below the surf zone. Closely spaced primary spines black in
adults, banded with white in juveniles, narrow venomous secondary spines
entirely yellow-brown. Test diameter and spine
length attain 4 inches. Gonads are a Hawaiian delicacy. Anal opening may
host the commensal crab,
Echinoecus pentagonus. Red Sea to Japan, Hawaii, and
French Polynesia. |
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