Sea Mouse
Started by Scuba_kiwi, Dec 23 2003 03:27 AM
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Scuba_kiwi
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Posted 23 December 2003 - 03:27 AM
I took this photo yesterday (22.12.2003) at Camp Cove in Sydney Harbour, I've been told it's a sea mouse but that's all I know! anyone got any interesting facts for me about it? I took a couple of shots of it then it turned and charged me! I'm very lucky to be here to tell you all about it!
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scubamarli
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Posted 23 December 2003 - 10:40 AM
I found an interesting link about about this Polychaete worm (thought it was an urchin when I saw it):
It's an Aphrodite species, and its spines have interesting light transmitting properties. It's supposed to be from deep water....
http://news.bbc.co.u...ech/1099278.stm
Marli
It's an Aphrodite species, and its spines have interesting light transmitting properties. It's supposed to be from deep water....
http://news.bbc.co.u...ech/1099278.stm
Marli
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PauP
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Posted 23 December 2003 - 11:19 AM
Your creature is an Urchin! a species of Heart Urchin. An Echinoderm.
I don't know much about them but have seen them here in the UK a few times. They burrow under the sand/substrate so they are not visible most of the time.
Regards
PauP
I don't know much about them but have seen them here in the UK a few times. They burrow under the sand/substrate so they are not visible most of the time.
Regards
PauP
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Art
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Posted 23 December 2003 - 12:42 PM
Hi folks
right, it is not a sea mouse, but an irregular urchin, called "heart urchin", maybe Lovenia sp. from the family Loveniidae
there are 3 species of heart urchins in Edgar's book, p. 367-368, but no direct match with this one
you can also try Sea Urchins of Australia and the Indo-Pacific, 2002 by Ashley Miskelly (don't have this one yet)
sea mice (Aphrodite spp.) look quite different
ciao
Art
right, it is not a sea mouse, but an irregular urchin, called "heart urchin", maybe Lovenia sp. from the family Loveniidae
there are 3 species of heart urchins in Edgar's book, p. 367-368, but no direct match with this one
you can also try Sea Urchins of Australia and the Indo-Pacific, 2002 by Ashley Miskelly (don't have this one yet)
sea mice (Aphrodite spp.) look quite different
ciao
Art
