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Collector urchin
Photo: Diver vincent · CC BY-SA 3.0

Collector urchin

Tripneustes gratilla

Grows to
10 cm (4 in)
Family
Toxopneustidae

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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