01-16-2007, 05:31 PM
Carey,
Bingo! That's it! I remember now that I thought it was reminiscent of an urchin. I've never seen an urchin like this in Island waters before. And I used to think that all urchins were "Wana" and spiny. It has an Hawaiian name, "Ha'uke'uke" and it appears to be a native urchin species. The intertidal areas that it occupied and fed appeared pinkish after it scraped off the algae.
How did you find it!? I couldn't think of what category to search beyond mollusks. Good sleuthing!
Bingo! That's it! I remember now that I thought it was reminiscent of an urchin. I've never seen an urchin like this in Island waters before. And I used to think that all urchins were "Wana" and spiny. It has an Hawaiian name, "Ha'uke'uke" and it appears to be a native urchin species. The intertidal areas that it occupied and fed appeared pinkish after it scraped off the algae.
How did you find it!? I couldn't think of what category to search beyond mollusks. Good sleuthing!