Field notes
Encounter profile
Identified using iNaturalist WoRMS.
Astropyga radiata - Astropyga - A marine genus.
Species profile
Blue-spotted Urchin
Astropyga radiata
Identified using iNaturalist WoRMS.
4
Media items
Photos and videos
3
Dives
Distinct encounters
1
Location
1 trip
Archive ecology
Conditions where we found it
SNAP observations, not the species’ full biological range.
- Depth evidence
- 4.3–4.3m
- Median 4.3m · n=1
- Water temperature
- 25.0–26.0°C
- Median 26.0°C · n=4
Depth basis: 0 recorded, 1 profile-estimated, 3 contextual.
Consistent water window
4 observations with dive temperature sit within 25.0–26.0°C.
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Indicative archive pattern · 4 observations / 3 dives
Observed depth distributionmiddle 50%: 4.3–4.3m
- • These distributions describe photographs in SNAP, not a species’ complete biological range.
- • Depth distributions use recorded or capture-time profile estimates; dive-average and maximum context is excluded.
- • Time-of-day groups use the camera clock and are not corrected for sunrise, sunset, or timezone.
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Species photographed on the same dives come first, followed by close taxonomic neighbours.
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