Echinometra mathaei
Indo-Pacific Rock-boring Urchin
As recorded: Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825)
Animalia › Echinodermata › Echinoidea › Camarodonta › Echinometridae
- Collected by
- Horace Tuttle
- Locality
- off Waikiki
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- United States
- Depth
- 18 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Echinometra mathaei observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4,942 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.

2026-10-27
Caloundra
(c) Australasian Aquatic Survey and Assessment, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2026-10-27
Queensland, AU
(c) Australasian Aquatic Survey and Assessment, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2026-10-26
Esa'ala, PG-MB, PG
(c) wild-discovery-rachael, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-24
Gunung Kidul, ID-YO, ID
(c) Najla Maulidya Yusuf, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-24
Skennars Head, NSW, AU
(c) Jazmin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

2026-10-21
Bourail, Nouvelle-Calédonie
(c) Corinne THOMAS / Etienne VILLARET, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Echinometra mathaei. BPBM 1040. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36613039. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/w/1040.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36613039 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
