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August 12, 2020: Urchin

During the 2016 Hohonu Moana: Exploring Deep Waters off Hawaiʻi expedition, the team imaged this urchin, Aspidodiadema cf. hawaiiensis. It has hoof-shaped ends on its spines that it uses to walk around on the seafloor.

Image courtesy of NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Hohonu Moana 2016. Download larger version (jpg, 799 KB).

During the 2016 Hohonu Moana: Exploring Deep Waters off Hawaiʻi expedition, the team imaged this urchin, Aspidodiadema cf. hawaiiensis. It has hoof-shaped ends on its spines that it uses to walk around on the seafloor.