Fire Urchin
Asthenosoma varium
Echinothuriidaemacro22cm / 8.7inData Deficient
About Fire Urchin.
Brilliantly coloured venomous urchin whose stinging spines host commensal Coleman shrimp and zebra crabs.
Where it lives.
Sand, rubble and reef slopes
How it behaves.
Slow-roaming grazer, painful venomous sting