Photo of Animalia: species: Heliocidaris tuberculata (Gaia Guide)

By constantly scraping the same place each day, some urchins create a home scar. These are often made in rock, but in this pic you can see them in the side of living corals. The scraped area has then been colonised by encrusting red algae. (Lord Howe Island)

© John Turnbull

Photo taken on 15 Feb 2018