A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Lytechinus variegatus
•They are sometimes found in aggregations of closely packed individuals. •Eggs and sperm are liberated in into the water column and fertilisation is external. •The larvae are planktonic and pass through several developmental stages before undergoing metamorphosis into juvenile urchins.
Rocky reefs, under rocks, sandy or mudy substrates, seagrass meadows -I saw this sea urchin in Ilha Grande (RJ, Brazil)
Spotted on Apr 23, 2016
Submitted on Nov 27, 2016
No Comments