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Long-Spined Urchin

Diadema antillarum

Description:

Incredibly sharp-looking urchin...like a pillow of...moving needles.

Habitat:

Coral reef floor.

Notes:

Evidently a bad wound comes from a puncture by one of these.

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Liam OBrien
Spotted by
Liam OBrien

George Town, Cayman Islands

Spotted on Aug 10, 1992
Submitted on Jul 12, 2013

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