sapphire
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Hi! Just back from Cozumel, getting all my pictures ready to post... but I am having a hard time identifying this urchin... even the DMs didn't know what kind it was. Can anyone help??
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Dee:I've seen several of those in Cozumel. Didn't realize they were deep water critters.
Is what you call the "giant anal cone" what I call the "eyeball"?? It was waving that thing all around, it felt like it was "watching" me while I took its' picture!
I saw the Magnificent Urchin in my "Reef Creatures" but the photo there didn't look exactly like this one so I was unsure...
Scubakevdm:Hey! That's fantastic Jennifer, I have never had anything wave a giant anal cone at me.
it got me wondering; whether the Coz currents are depositing the eggs in the shallows until they mature and migrate to deep water ?