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Tripneustes gratilla
About 15cm in size. Dark in colour with white spines. The pedicles are also white, with a dark or black base. Collector urchins tends to "collect" debris.
Spotted at Pulu Cinta - Sulawesi, a sandy atoll reef. Collector urchins are found at depths of 2 to 30 metres in the waters of the Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, the Red Sea, and The Bahamas.
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Echinoidea Order: Temnopleuroida Family: Toxopneustidae Genus: Tripneustes Species: T. gratilla
Spotted on Aug 4, 2016
Submitted on Jan 18, 2017
4 Comments
Thanks António
Beautiful spotting Jordi,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Thanks Daniele
Congratulation Jordi, your Collector Urchin is our Spotting of the Day!
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