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Indo-Pacific rock-boring urchin
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Indo-Pacific rock-boring urchin

Echinometra mathaei

Grows to
8 cm (3 in)
Family
Echinometridae

Where to see it

Known from Egyptian Red Sea, Gili Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Hawaii, Komodo, Maldives, Palau, Philippines, Phuket and the Similans and Raja Ampat.

Source: GBIF.

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