Shore life · La Saladita, Guerrero

Central American Rock-boring Urchin

Echinometra vanbrunti

Spanish: Erizo marino de las rocas

Central American Rock-boring Urchin (Echinometra vanbrunti) is a species recorded near La Saladita, Guerrero, Mexico, with 44 research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones).

TaxonomyEchinoidea › Camarodonta › Echinometridae

Local records44 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)

Global records2,348 on iNaturalist

Most recent records2025 – 2026

Months of the 8 most recent records

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Recent local sightings

2026-04-22 — observation by plantarte19
2025-11-07 — observation by jose_javier_bf
2025-11-07 — observation by jose_javier_bf
2025-11-07 — observation by jose_javier_bf
2025-11-07 — observation by jose_javier_bf
2025-11-07 — observation by jose_javier_bf

Interactive card with more photos, sounds and similar species Shore life guide iNaturalist

Cite as: “Central American Rock-boring Urchin (Echinometra vanbrunti) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/echinometra-vanbrunti/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.