Thursday, February 20, 2014

Recruits

 
A beautiful Purple Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) recruit, ~3 mm across (photographed under a microscope).  We found four individuals of this size in one Bull Kelp holdfast.  Note the very long, outstretched tubefeet, and the hints of purple in the spines.

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