Tripneustes gratilla
Collector Urchin
As recorded: Tripneustes gratilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia › Echinodermata › Echinoidea › Camarodonta › Toxopneustidae
- Locality
- Howland Island
- Island
- Howland Island
- Region
- U.S. Outlying Islands
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Tripneustes gratilla observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2,869 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-29.
2026-10-29
Sunset Beach North Shore, Pūpūkea, HI, US
(c) atthebeach67, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-29
Sunset Beach North Shore, Pūpūkea, HI, US
(c) atthebeach67, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-29
Sunset Beach North Shore, Pūpūkea, HI, US
(c) atthebeach67, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
Dicky Beach, AU
(c) Casey Page, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
Arakawa, Ishigaki, Okinawa, JP
(c) thedentist25, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
Magharibi, TZ-ZW, TZ
(c) dmblokz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Tripneustes gratilla. BPBM 4227. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 4979309358. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/w/4227.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 4979309358 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026