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Echinoecus pentagonus
Sea Urchin Crab
As recorded: Echinoecus pentagonus (A.Milne-Edwards, 1879)
Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Pilumnidae
- Collected by
- E.H. Chave
- Locality
- Waikiki
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- United States
- Depth
- 80 m
- Identified by
- R.H. Titgen, February 198314 February →Richard Titgen →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Echinoecus pentagonus observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 75 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-08-18.
2026-08-18
Kawaihae beach
(c) dianna912, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-02
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) kkittens, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-25
TW
(c) R Lai, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-02-14
Kalaoa, HI 96740, USA
(c) Erica, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-12-05
Magharibi, TZ-ZW, TZ
(c) Jonathan Walz, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-07-16
kawaihae harbor, HI, USA
(c) hai v on, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Echinoecus pentagonus. BPBM 10304. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36613079. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/s/10304.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36613079 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026