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Brisingid is perched on a small rock

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This brisingid is perched on a small rock outcropping on the otherwise very muddy/sandy Chatham Rise, 400 m. Note the pair of bright red and prickly ‘horrible urchins’ (Dermechinus horridus) and a bunch the ‘parasol urchins’ (Goniocidaris parasol).