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Updated 5/29/2014

Family Toxopneustidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Nudechinus verruculatus

Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

 

Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 50 feet

 


Hulopo'e tidepool, Lana'i
   

WARTY SAND URCHIN

Uncommon under rocks on sand in shallow water.  An active species that may decorate itself with shell fragments.  Attains 1 inch.  Red Sea to Okinawa, New Zealand, Hawaii, and the Society Islands.  Formerly known as Cyrtechinus verruculatus.