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Sea urchin

Description:

A young sea urchin. This was placed inside the shell to provide a contrast for the photo

Habitat:

Rock pools at low tide

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3 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

Thanks Leuba and Pam. Sorry to kindle some childhood traumas.

pamsai
pamsai 11 years ago

Oh-ho, I trod on a mature one of these when I was young, and it took years for all the bits of spine to come out of my foot!

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 11 years ago

very nice, Martin -beautiful spines.

MartinL
Spotted by
MartinL

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Jan 7, 2013
Submitted on Jan 7, 2013

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