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Strongylocentrotus purpuratus; Purple Sea Urchin   

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Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Purple Sea Urchin
Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0705 0588 (2005-07-18)

Copyright © 2005 California Academy of Sciences

 
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  • date of photo  Jun 1995
  • latitude 36.60575   longitude -121.88970   max error distance 539 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • location   Floating dock, Monterey Bay Harbor (Monterey County, California, US)
  • family Strongylocentrotidae
  • order Echinoida
  • class Echinoidea
  • habitat  Subtidal
  • notes   Closeup showing the urchin's chewing apparatus, 'Aristotle's lantern.'
  • camera   Olympus system for macrophotography
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Purple Sea Urchin (photographer)
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