white Sphaerechinus granularis Sea urchin
PU1121
Sphaerechinus granularis is a sea urchin up to 12 cm in diameter. It is often dark purple with the tip of the quills white. But this one is completely white, which is rare. It feeds on algae that it grazes on the rocks between the surface and 100 m deep in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. This specimen with its quills comes from the Italian coast of Liguria.
This unique piece has been sold...
