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Updated 9/8/2013

Family Cidaridae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Eucidaris metularia

Waimea Bay, Oahu, 15 feet

 

Atlantis Reef, Oahu, 95 feet

Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 50 feet

 

Okoe Bay, Hawaii, 50 feet

 

Onekahakaha tidepool, Hawaii


Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 45 feet
   

TEN-LINED URCHIN

Abundant under dead coral or within crevices at any depth.  Overall diameter of 1.5 inches.  Red Sea to Okinawa, Hawaii, and French Polynesia.