▲ 29 ▼ What are these in the sea? (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by andyli@lemmy.world to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world 7 comments fedilink hide all child comments What are these dotted ball shaped things I circled in yellow in the image? I thought they may be sea urchin skeletons. Though the things in the image may be too many and too large? They are in a mural in Brighton, England. The subject is "Protecting Costa Rican Wildlife", so I guess they are of some native species there.
[–] roawre@feddit.ch 25 points 3 years ago (2 children) Urchin shells permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] e0qdk@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago To be more specific on the terminology they are sea urchin tests: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_(biology) permalink fedilink source parent [–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago Yes, missing the spines. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] e0qdk@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago To be more specific on the terminology they are sea urchin tests: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_(biology) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago Yes, missing the spines. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bstix@feddit.dk 6 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Yes they look like sea urchin. However, the live ones look like the black shapes. permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Devi@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago Not all urchins look like that, there's a lot of different types permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Devi@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago Not all urchins look like that, there's a lot of different types permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago Fun fact: we call them "sea hedgehogs" in Hungarian. permalink fedilink source
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