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Updated 5/29/2014

Family Toxopneustidae

HAWAII

Nudechinus verruculatus

Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

 

Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 50 feet

 


Hulopo'e tidepool, Lana'i

WARTY SAND URCHIN

Uncommon under rocks in shallow water.  An active species that may decorate itself with shell fragments.  Attains 1 inch.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.  Formerly known as Cyrtechinus verruculatus.