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The Purple Sea Urchin's diet consists of plants, animal matter, including algae, dead fish, sponges, decaying matter, mussels, barnacles, and kelp.
The Purple Sea Urchin is the prey of crabs, sunflowers stars, snails, most birds, fish, sea otters, and humans. The Purple Sea Urchin is actually a delicacy in some countries.
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What colors are sea urchins?
Sea urchins are purple, red, orange, yellow/orange, and a mix of red and purple.(Sea Urchins come in many shapes sizes and colors.)
Do sea otters eat sea urchins?
Yes they smash them on their chest with stones and eat the insides, which is also eaten by humans. If you ever eat Uni at a Sushi restaurant that is sea urchin
How do sea urchins survive?
Sea urchins have a hard shell called a test that protects their soft inner body. They also possess tube feet that help them move and cling to surfaces. Sea urchins are able to feed on algae and organic matter using a specialized feeding structure called Aristotle’s lantern.
What phylum do sea urchins belong?
Echinoderms.
Ho do sea urchins reproduce?
Sea urchins reproduce by releasing eggs and sperm into the water, where external fertilization takes place. Once fertilized, the eggs develop into larvae that eventually settle and grow into adult sea urchins. Some species of sea urchins can also reproduce by asexual means, such as splitting or budding.
How many purple sea urchins are there?
there are excatly 3million purple sea urchins
What fish eat purple sea urchin?
There are several animals that eat sea urchins. Sea otters, sunflower stars, snails, crabs and some species of fish predate upon sea urchins.
What color are urchins?
Sea urchins are purple, red, orange, yellow/orange, and a mix of red and purple.(Sea Urchins come in many shapes sizes and colors.)
Where do purple sea urchins live in nature?
Purple sea urchins live in close association with kelp forests. Kelp is their primary food.
What colors are sea urchins?
Sea urchins are purple, red, orange, yellow/orange, and a mix of red and purple.(Sea Urchins come in many shapes sizes and colors.)
How are sea urchins and kelp forests connected?
sea urchins eat kelp.
Do purple sea urchins have an exoskeleton?
They do, which keeps the sea urchin strong and not brittle.
Are sea urchins predators?
No. Sea urchins are primary consumers and only eat sea weed, algae and kelp.
What animals do sea otters eat?
Sea Urchins
Do baby purple sea urchins get fed?
They get no parental care at all.
How do sea otters eat sea urchins?
Sea Otters find sea urchins on the ocean floor and break it open with a rock. It will then eat everything except the spines (the insides).
What do green sea urchins eat?
Green Sea Urchins eat plankton, algae, small fish, mussels, sponges, and brittle stars.
