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Description
A dirty looking cidarid sea urchin on a dead bamboo coral branch. The seaurchin is a living habitat for small hydroids and barnacles. Why has thisurchin climbed up a dead coral bush? (Image credit: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana)
Credit
NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana
Display Date
20150829T213318Z
Location
Hawaii, Keahole, Kona Coast
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
2015 Hohonu Moana