Urchin eating acro?

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I can't tell if my short spined urchin was eating my Red Planet acro or it just bulldozed into it, but there a semi-circular chunk now missing from it that wasn't there yesterday. I do have some Eunicid worms in the tank (though none that hang out near this acro), so that probably would have been my first guess if I hadn't seen my urchin suspiciously close. I have read other reports of urchins eating coral (searched after witnessing this), which is totally news to me. I had previously thought these species were strictly herbivores and totally reef safe.

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Some may go after zooxanthelle which causes damage
 

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