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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.
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Image courtesy of NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Hohonu Moana 2016.