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Parasol urchin
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The parasol urchin has unusual spines. Smaller spines grow off the urchin’s larger spines, and these large spines splay out like the ribs of a parasol. The surfaces of its spines are often covered with a sticky substance to help camouflage it from predators. They are found in Okinawa at depths below 400 meters. 

Scientific name Goniocidaris sp.
English name Parasol urchin
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