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A purple-bodied cidarid sea urchin with white and yellow corals and whitezoanthids makes for a colorful scene

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Description

A purple-bodied cidarid sea urchin with white and yellow corals and whitezoanthids makes for a colorful scene. Notice the small barnacles using the seaurchin spines as habitat.

Credit

NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana

Display Date

20150913T205153Z

Location

Hawaii, Niihau

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Ocean Exploration Collection

Modern Expeditions

2015 Hohonu Moana