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An example of what you definitely don't want to
experience. Here's a Bohadschia argus Jager 1833, the
Ocellated Sea Cucumber exhibiting a classic eversion of Cuvierian
Tubules display... this unbelievably sticky mass is absolutely
deadly to any/all tank inhabitants... you have minutes to remove
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Diadema paucispinum (A. Agassiz 1863), a
Long-Spined Sea Urchin. Pacific; Hawai'i and islands of the
South Pacific. To about twelve inches maximum diameter, with
spines. Usually in 60 or more feet of water on a vertical surface.
Common name means "few spines" which you may not agree
with if you get poked but good. Kona pic. |
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Diadema paucispinum (A. Agassiz 1863), a
Long-Spined Sea Urchin. Pacific; Hawai'i and islands of the
South Pacific. To about twelve inches maximum diameter, with
spines. Usually in 60 or more feet of water on a vertical surface.
Common name means "few spines" which you may not agree
with if you get poked but good. Kona pic. |
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Diadema savignyi (Michelin 1845), a
Long-Spined Sea Urchin. Indo-Pacific; Africa to the South Pacific.
Test about five inches maximum diameter, with spines to sixteen.
Black, grey, brown in color. Have green to blue lines in their
interambulacral aborally (on top). Lack the orange ring around the anus
of D. setosum (below). Hide in shade by day, scouring the reefs by night. Blue ring around
anus is indicative of this species. A frequent contaminant on/in
live rock imports. Philippines one
shown. |
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