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Sea Urchins Grazing
2 of 18 from Pho Quoc |
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| Diadema setosum (Setosum Spined Urchin) |
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I'm pretty sure this is Diadema Genius. I'm less sure about setosum but it does match what I'm seeing on the internet. At the time, I thought these were feeding on the coral but from what I've read, they feed on algae.
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| Camera: | Pentax Optio WPi |
| Date: | Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 at 9:13 PM |
| Exposure: | 1/400 sec at f3.3 |
| ISO: | 80 asa |
| Lens: | Built In Zoom Lens at 6.3mm (equivalent field of view of a 38mm lens on a 35mm camera) |
| Photographer: | John Harvey |
| Region: | Asia, Southeast Asia |
| Scientific Name: | species related to Diadema setosum (Setosum Spined Urchin) |
| Tag: | underwater, Vietnam, sea urchin |
| Larger image: | 2000 x 1500 |
| Raw image: | 2816 x 2112 |
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