Arctic Green Sea Urchin
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis
Animalia
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 10-25 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Cold coastal waters
- Range
- Northern Hemisphere
- Movement
- Walking
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Spines
- Status
- Uncommon
About
The Arctic Green Sea Urchin is a spiny marine animal that lives on rocky seafloors in cold northern oceans. It grazes on algae using five tooth-like jaws arranged in a unique structure called Aristotle’s lantern.
Life cycle
- 1.juvenileA juvenile urchin settles onto the seafloor and begins grazing algae with its tiny test and spines.
- 2.adultFully grown, with adult test size and full spines.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Echinoidea
- Order
- Camarodonta
- Family
- Strongylocentrotidae
- Genus
- Strongylocentrotus
- Species
- Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis