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Contact: Julia Olsen
jolsen@as.arizona.edu
520-626-7595
University of Arizona

Astropyga pulvinata

Caption: This crown sea urchin is reportedly rare in Sonora, Mexico, but is quite common from Bahia de Los Angeles to Punta Chivato in the western Gulf of California. This particular specimen was found and imaged in San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico on July 2, 2005.

Credit: Julia Olsen

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