MLNEP Notes ³

In AOI guide (https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/709257).

It's definitely a deep-sea echinothuriid urchin.

Ocean Networks Canada has some better footage of what's probably the same species: https://www.flickr.com/photos/neptunecanada/7377717512/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/neptunecanada/7422576680/in/album-72157630140135944/

The SERPENT project has some closeup imagery too (this one is from the Indian Ocean).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obUFdXtjXj4
http://archive.serpentproject.com/2593/

Sources and Credits

1. (c) ian_murdock, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by ian_murdock
2. (c) Jennifer Long, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jennifer Long
3. (c) Jennifer Long, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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