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Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Purple Urchin
(shown with Pisaster giganteus)

Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0806 1586 (2006-08-30)

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date of photo 1987

location Outer coast, Monterey Peninsula (Monterey County, California, US)

family Stronglycentrotidae

order Echinoida

class Echinoidea

habitat Marine

notes Depth 24 m. For about two years, purple urchins denuded a localized patch of sea floor at moderate depth. We do not know why the sea otter did not prevent this localized catastrophe.

camera Nikon in Oceanic housing

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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common names Purple Urchin (photographer)

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