Tuitui | ʻIna ʻula (Echinometra mathaei)
“Tuitui | ʻIna ʻula” (Echinometra mathaei) drawing by Jon Apisa.
This was drawn with graphite on paper, 7.75" x 5" (19.685cm x 12.7cm).
Echinometra mathaei “burrowing urchin” is known as:
- Tuitui in Sāmoa
- ʻIna ʻula in Hawaiʻi
- ʻIna in Tahiti
- Kina in Niuē
Evechinus chloroticus is also:
Kina in Māori
“sea urchin” is:
Tukumisi in Tonga
Echinometra mathaei is also known as:
- burrowing urchin
- rock boring urchin
7.75" x 5" (19.685cm x 12.7cm)
09/11/2025
Samoan
Polynesian
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