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Home > Invertebrates
> Sea Urchins > Heterocentrotus
mamillatus
Updated 3/8/2014
Family
Echinometridae
HAWAII
Heterocentrotus
mamillatus
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Blowhole, Oahu, Hawaii, 20 feet |
Sea Cave, Oahu, 45 feet
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Palea Point, Oahu, Hawaii, 25 feet
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Lanai Lookout, Oahu, 35 feet |
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Kailua Bay, Hawaii, 20 feet
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Kapoho tidepool, Hawaii
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Ahihi Bay, Maui, 4 feet
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Honokohau, Hawaii, 10 feet
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Molokini Back Wall, 30 feet
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Makapu'u, Oahu, 20 feet
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Juvenile, Makapu'u, Oahu, 15 feet |
Sea Cave, Oahu, 45 feet |
Night, Lana'i Lookout, Oahu, 15 feet |
Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 25 feet
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Blowhole, Oahu, Hawaii, 20 feet |
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SLATE PENCIL URCHIN
| Locally abundant in clear shallow
water. Rare outside the Hawaiian Islands. Spine shape
variable. Pale brown with light bands at night.
Overall diameter of 10 inches. Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.
The species name has long been spelled with two 'm's in the middle but
only one 'm' is correct:
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568045 |
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