
Photo by Marc Levenson
This long spined urchin is a
Diadema Urchin. I recently purchased this for my reef
because I find them to be beautiful. They are known to help mow down green
hair algae, but urchins often consume coralline algae as well. This one
is quite small, as you can tell by the neighboring zoanthids on the left.
The yellow thing in the center is not an eye, even though it does seem
to be looking around. Urchins are known bulldozers, so keep an eye on
your corals if you purchase one, as it may knock a few over. Reef-safe.
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