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This echinoderm is green with purple-tipped spines. It is like a smaller version of the common urchin, and can sometimes be found amongst weed on the lower shore, although it is most at home below the low water mark. Like the common urchin it has a mouth situated on its underside, and 5 jaws which it uses to graze on seaweeds.

Green Urchins    (Photo: Sue Scott)

Green urchins feeding on a kelp leaf. These urchins often hold stone or shell fragments to disguise themselves. 

by Paul Tyler

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