Tag Archives: sea urchins

Sea cucumbers, stars and urchins on Lord Howe

Posted on Friday, 2 December 2011 by

I was going to call this post “the pentaradials”, because sea cucumbers, sea stars, brittle stars and sea urchins all have similar body plans (fivefold symmetry), but decided I was trying too hard. It’s a good excuse to group them … Continue reading →

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A gloomy day, full of life

Posted on Monday, 18 April 2011 by

Perhaps the heavily overcast conditions on Saturday fooled the critters at Flat Rock into thinking that it was dusk and wake-up time, but I have rarely seen so much life in the rock pools in one session. For starters, we … Continue reading →

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Shining symmetry

Posted on Tuesday, 15 March 2011 by

Sea urchins are beautiful and fascinating, whether alive or dead. Some would say delicious, too, but I haven’t sampled them, despite living and working in Japan and Hong Kong for a bit and backpacking solo all over South-East Asia for … Continue reading →

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