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Groove Burrowing Urchin

Brissus unicolor

7 Comments

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 10 years ago

Moved to "other" (group) :-)

Annika
Annika 10 years ago

What an unusual urchin! You've put this spotting in the "fish" category, but sea urchins are actually echinoderms (meaning "spiny skin"), and belong in the "other" category. Out of curiosity, did these skeletons wash up on the beach, or did you find them in the water?

namitha
namitha 10 years ago

Thank you so much Marta, I saw the pictures of the live ones, that's why I was confused.

The MnMs
The MnMs 10 years ago

Namitha: it is because is the skeleton of the sea urchin. You can see in this link how they look like when alive :-)
http://www.snv.jussieu.fr/bmedia/aimar2/...

namitha
namitha 10 years ago

Nice spotting. What amazes me is , where are all the spines?. It looks very much like a sea urchin fossil in my collection.

kyrhato
kyrhato 10 years ago

Thank you :)

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 10 years ago

Nice!

kyrhato
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kyrhato

Περιφέρεια Νοτίου Αιγαίου, Greece

Spotted on Aug 16, 2012
Submitted on Jul 24, 2013

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