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Family Toxopneustidae

HAWAII

Pseudoboletia indiana

Punalu'u, Hawaii, 8 feet

 

Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 50 feet

 

Lanai Lookout, Oahu, 45 feet

 

Waimea Bay, Oahu, 20 feet

PEBBLE-COLLECTOR URCHIN

Locally common on rubble at scuba depths.  Spines range from white to purple; test is white and compressed.  Attains diameter of 5 inches.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.