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Updated 3/19/2014

Family Toxopneustidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Pseudoboletia indiana

Punalu'u, Hawaii, 8 feet

 

Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 50 feet

 

Lanai Lookout, Oahu, 45 feet

 

Waimea Bay, Oahu, 20 feet

 


Sand Island, Oahu, 12 feet

Miner's Urchin Shrimp
   

PEBBLE-COLLECTOR URCHIN

Locally common on rubble at scuba depths.  Spines range from white to purple, empty test is compressed, white with green rays.  Miner's Urchin Shrimp clings to spines for protection.  Attains diameter of 5 inches.  Madagascar to Hawaii and Easter Island.