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A dirty looking cidarid sea urchin on a dead bamboo coral branch

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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?

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