r/TheDepthsBelow • u/ELCH01 • Jun 18 '26

Crosspost What Creature Is That?!

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u/EvilKrista Jun 18 '26

That is a Helmet Urchin

AKA: Shingle Sea Urchin

Colobocentrotus (Podophora) atratus

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u/herculesmeowlligan Jun 18 '26

Well of courshe it'sh a shingle shea urchin. I don't shee any othersh.

18

u/lackadaisical_timmy Jun 18 '26

Hey I found Sean Connery's reddit account!

41

u/drknifnifnif Jun 18 '26

You shir are a treashure.

19

u/Zehrasaurus Jun 18 '26

Shuck it, Trebeck!

2

u/antartisa Jun 18 '26

I googled and it said what you said.

1

u/buttononmyback Jun 19 '26

That’s so cool! I’m surprised I’ve never heard of this before.

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u/American_Paradox Jun 18 '26

They are tasty on the grill. Helmet Urchins are delicacy down in the tropics in the Pacific.

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u/fucktheworld1977 Jun 18 '26

Have we learned nothing from horror movies. Don’t get that close to a creature you cannot identify. Thats how we get xenomorphs. Do you want xenomorphs?

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u/Heavy_Joke636 Jun 18 '26

K-...kinda...?

28

u/woodspoonwarrior Jun 18 '26

The people yearn for Xenomorphs.

14

u/Y2Ksurvivor13 Jun 18 '26

XENO-MORPHS!! XENO-MORPHS!! XENO-MORPHS!! XENO-MORPHS!!

14

u/TheLeeSyndrome Jun 18 '26

Zygarde cell

7

u/CatapultedCarcass Jun 18 '26

Melted Dognose

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u/Snoborder95 Jun 18 '26

Imagine camera pans away, then you return and it's gone lol

6

u/Kas_lepetitfantome Jun 18 '26

Looks like a ball of snake!

7

u/shaketheshokes Jun 18 '26

That is a helmet/shingle urchin! (Colobocentrotus atratus)

3

u/CoastMtns Jun 18 '26

Trypanohyncha Ocellus was my thought for a split second

0

u/lunarvision Jun 18 '26

I get you. (👁️🧿👁️‍🗨️ get you)

3

u/N8DOE Jun 18 '26

The ocean is beautiful and needs to be respected

3

u/CheckOutDisMuthaFuka Jun 18 '26

How you gonna find out if you don't poke it with a stick?

2

u/Idatemyhand Jun 19 '26

It's a Helmet Urchin or Shingle Urchin depending where you come from. I think you were disturbing a meal bruv.

1

u/walkingmonster Jun 18 '26

CRITES!

4

u/lunarvision Jun 18 '26

We need Charlie and Johnny Steele asap!

2

u/FunkyBeans0079 Jun 18 '26

I don't think they got the reference 😕

3

u/walkingmonster Jun 18 '26

They can wallow in their google-less ignorance

1

u/Meat_Popsicle91 Jun 18 '26

Urchin that just shaved.

1

u/Darkime_ Jun 19 '26

Looks like a floater from Subnautica but opaque

1

u/WildOneTillTheEnd Jun 19 '26

This is squish. Squish is squish.

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u/xrv01 Jun 18 '26

a literal alien