Image of Purple sea urchin
Description:
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.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Echinodermata (echinoderms)
- Echinozoa
- Echinoidea (sea urchins)
- Euechinoidea
- Carinacea
- Echinacea
- Camarodonta
- Echinidea
- Odontophora
- Strongylocentrotidae
- Strongylocentrotus
- Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Purple sea urchin)
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- 2006 California Academy of Sciences
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- Lovell and Libby Langstroth
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