Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Needle-Spined Urchin
Needle-Spined Urchin
Scientific Name: Echinostrephus aciculatus
Class: Echinoidea
Family: Echinometridae
Category: Sea Urchins
Also known as: Red Rock boring urchin
Size: Up to 3 in. (8 cm)  
Depth: 5-100 ft. (2-30 m)
Distribution: Hawaii, West Pacific, Indonesia, Great Barrier Reef

Echinoderms
Sea Urchins

Needle-Spined Urchin

Red Slate Pencil Urchin

Variable Fire Urchin

Longspine Heart Urchin

Bell's Sea Urchin (Juvenile)

Variegated Urchin

Jewel Urchin

Pebble Collector Urchin

Flower Urchin

Rose Flower Urchin

White Sea Urchin

Collector Urchin

West Indian Sea Egg

Red Heart Urchin

Rough-Spined Urchin

East Pacific Slate Pencil Urchin

Slate Pencil Urchin

Radiant Sea Urchin

Radiant Sea Urchin (Juvenile)

Long-Spined Urchin

Savignyi's Longspine Urchin

Black Longspine Urchin

Banded Urchin

Blue-Black Urchin

Shingle Sea Urchin

Rock-Boring Urchin

Pale Rock-Boring Urchin

Oblong Sea Urchin

Reef Urchin



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