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unusual facts about sea urchin



Acanthocidaris curvatispinis

Acanthocidaris curvatispinis is a species of sea urchin of the family Cidaridae.

Acanthocidaris hastingeria

Acanthocidaris hastingeria is a species of sea urchin of the family Cidaridae.

Acanthocidaris maculicollis

Acanthocidaris maculicollis is a species of sea urchin of the family Cidaridae.

Austrocidaris canaliculata

Austrocidaris canaliculata is a species of sea urchins of the Family Cidaridae.

Austrocidaris spinulosa

Austrocidaris spinulosa is a species of sea urchins of the Family Cidaridae.

Centrocidaris doederleini

Centrocidaris doederleini is a species of sea urchins of the Family Cidaridae.

Chondrocidaris brevispina

Chondrocidaris brevispina is a species of sea urchins of the Family Cidaridae.

Chondrocidaris gigantea

Chondrocidaris gigantea is a species of sea urchins of the Family Cidaridae.

Eucidaris metularia

Eucidaris metularia, the ten-lined urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family Cidaridae.

Euechinoidea

The subclass Euechinoidea includes almost all living species of sea urchin, and fossil forms going back as far as the Triassic.

Porites furcata

The niches and crevices in this coral are home to a range of invertebrates and other organisms including brittle stars, sea urchins, polychaete worms, chitons and algae.

Rausu, Hokkaido

The main intake by the fishing industry consists of kichiji rockfish (Sebastolobus macrochir), Alaska Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), konbu kelp, salmon, squid, and sea urchin.


see also

Echinoecus pentagonus

The "sea urchin crab" Echinoecus pentagonus is a species of crab in the family Pilumnidae found from the Red Sea and East Africa to French Polynesia and the Hawaiian Islands.

H. petiolaris

Hakea petiolaris, the sea-urchin hakea, a shrub or small tree species endemic to the south-west of Western Australia

Sterechinus neumayeri

The Antarctic sea urchin is found in circumpolar waters including the Southern Ocean, the Balleny Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Terra Nova Bay and Victoria Land.