confirm urchin ID please

[reefkprz]

I believe this is Allocentrotus fragilis, but just want to double check with others so I can be sure.

 

[mkzimms]

from the research i did that looks about right. Allocentrotus fragilis the fragile red sea urchin.

 

[alix2.0]

that looks cool is that its true color? ive never seen an urchin that was so pink before.

 

[reefkprz]

thats its true color, no photoshop, all camera setting were on auto.

 

[ophiura]

Do you have a cold water tank? I believe it is a colder water species?
IMO, perhaps more reasonably something like Lytechinus variegatus, a common tropical species in the hobby, though a rather unusual color. the spines do not seem long enough, and I think the body shape is a little flattened in Allocentrotus fragilis.

 

[reefkprz]

thanks for the reply ophuria, I wasnt sure, and that was the closest image I could find, as well as color. So I was shooting in the dark, the label said "rose urchin" uh huh....