Green Sea Urchin on Worms Head Causeway

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Green or Shore Sea Urchin (1) - Living sea urchin, Psammechinus miliaris, from a tide pool on Worms Head Causeway, Gower, South Wales, side view.

The Green or Shore Sea Urchin, Psammechinus miliaris, is a common British sea urchin, and I found and photographed these live specimens from some tide pools on the Worms Head Causeway in Gower, South Wales. It seems a strange co-incidence that the colour of the spines is greenish terminating in pink – just like the tentacles of the Snakelocks Anemones which are found in the same habitat and location. I wonder whether there is any significance to this similarity?

Green or Shore Sea Urchin (2) - Living sea urchin, Psammechinus miliaris, from a tide pool on Worms Head Causeway, Gower, South Wales, top view.

Green or Shore Sea Urchin (3) - Living sea urchin, Psammechinus miliaris, from a tide pool on Worms Head Causeway, Gower, South Wales, view of mouth on underside.

Green or Shore Sea Urchin (4) - Living sea urchin, Psammechinus miliaris, from a tide pool on Worms Head Causeway, Gower, South Wales, with empty mussel shells attached.

Green or Shore Sea Urchin (5) - Living sea urchin, Psammechinus miliaris, from a tide pool on Worms Head Causeway, Gower, South Wales, close-up photograph of the spines.

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