Sea Urchin By A.M.D

Welcome to the world of Sea Urchins!!

Kingdom    Phylum  Class    Order    Family     Genus 

Poem    References  Fun Facts   

Kingdom: Animalia

    Characteristics:

1. Also called metazoan
2. multicellular
3. have specialized tissues

Phylum: Echinoderm

Characteristics:

1. calcareous endoskeleton
2. water vascular system
3. decentralized nervous system.
4. marine

Class: Echinoidea:

    Characteristics:

1. sea urchin class
2. two urchins in it
3. west Indian sea eggs and magnificent urchin

Order: Echinoida

Family: Strongylocentrotidae

Genius and species: Strongylocentotous

Sea Urchin Poem

Sea urchins live in the sea.

They can be friends to you and me.

They sell for three U.S. Dollars.

They don't need collars.

Fun Facts

• Live in Pacific ocean along coast of Mexico to Alaska.

• Range from $2.20 to $43.00 per tray.

• Used in seafood recipes.

• You need licenses to harvest them.

• California fisheries can get up to 80 million dollars by selling Sea Urchins

References

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/

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