Sea urchin
- Description
- Normally sea urchin tests are radially symmetrical and dome-shaped. Despite unusual growth this sea urchin has reached a good size showing that its bodily functions were not significantly impaired.
- Accession Loan No.
- 24/2022/46
- Collection Class
- Echinoderms
- Common Name
- sea urchin
- Simple Name
- echinoderm
- Full Name
- ECHINIDAE: Echinus esculentus: sea urchin
- Period Classification
- Modern (1945-); Modern (1900-)
- Family Group
- Collector / Excavator
- Nichols, Professor David (from the collection of):
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
- Phylum
- ECHINODERMATA
- Family
- ECHINIDAE
- Genus
- Echinus
- Species
- esculentus