Pyllacanthus imperialis – Imperial Pencil Urchin
Diadema spp. – Long Spined Urchin
Echinometra mathaei – Matha’s Sea Urchin
Mesplia globula – Jewel Case Sea Urchin
Tagalog/Tagbanua: Tayong
There is a lovely variety of colorful sea urchins with all lengths and sizes of spines in the Coral Triangle. The Imperial Pencil Urchin is a dramatic orange maroon, Diadema is a dramatic black with electric blue highlights, Matha’s Sea Urchin has brown white tipped spines like a hedgehog and the Jewel case urchin has a vibrant royal blue that shines within the sea grass beds.
(this is a pencil sketch pre watercolor)
Mermaid Scientist 