Tuxedo Urchin (Mespilia globulus)

Tuxedo Urchins - Mespilia globulus, the urchin well all known and love and for good reason! These guys are a little power houses are absolutely decimating any algae in the aquarium. 

With there distinctive golf ball round bodies, which can be various colours usually blues, purples and reds, and short spines with there multiple legs waving through, they'll literally just roam around munching all the algae, they will also pick up sand, substrate, small rocks, frags, algae pieces and use the as a mobile camouflage. 

If there's no algae in the tank left, they can starve or can sometimes though not often known to happen turn to eating zoanthids and other softies. If no algae it can be supplemented with nori.

Care Guide:

Care Level - Easy

Diet - Algivore/Opportunistic  

Colouration -  Can be a mixture of blues, purples, reds.

Temperament - Peaceful

Reef Safe - Generally if kept fed.