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Echinothrix calamaris
Size up to 20 cm. Darkspherical body with a blue star-shaped pattern. Long, white-ended banded spines and short venomous reddish spines in the center and in between the long ones.
Seen in the Cement Wreck in Lankayan Island, Sabah (Borneo).
Spotted on Oct 1, 2015
Submitted on May 8, 2016
2 Comments
Indeed, better not to touch it :-)
Awesome spotting, Marta. Doesn't look like the friendliest of critters.