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Collector urchin

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The collector urchin is a sea urchin, a spiny animal that lives on the seabed. It is found in warm seas across the Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, the Red Sea and The Bahamas. It is special because it grazes on seagrass and algae day and night, and it has been used in Hawaii to help control an invasive seaweed.1

Sihlala
Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, the Red Sea and The Bahamas1
uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandle oluBomvu, uLwandle lweCoral, uLwandle lwePhilippines, uLwandle lwaseArabhiya neGulf yasePersi, uLwandle lweTimor ne-Arafura, iBhayi yaseBengal
Ekhaya
Collector urchins live on the sea floor at depths of 2 to 30 metres. Mature urchins prefer open sea bottoms with some cover, while young urchins prefer rocky areas where they can hide.1
Ubude
10 cm ukuya ku-15 cm (3,9 in ukuya ku-5,9 in)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-0,02 km/h (0,01 mph)
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Collector urchins graze continually near the seabed, day and night, on algae, periphyton and seagrass. Most feed on seagrass fronds.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Collector urchin
Collector urchin. Ifoto: Philippe Bourjon. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Usually dark, bluish-purple in colour, with white spines1
  • Some individuals have orange spines, or spines with orange tips1
  • Debris tends to collect on the body, which is how it got its name1
  • Reaches 10 to 15 cm in size1

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Collector urchin malunga ne-15 cm ubude (5,9 in)Ifowuni ehlakaniphileyo malunga ne-15 cm (5,9 in)Ibhanana malunga ne-18 cm (7,1 in)
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Iinyaniso

1

In 2011, Hawaii placed 1,000 native collector urchins on a reef in Kaneohe Bay to help control an invasive seaweed called Kappaphycus, which had overrun local coral.1

2

Collector urchins feed heavily on seagrass between November and January, and one study found they ate up to or more than half of seagrass production in that period.1

3

Their name comes from the way debris collects on their bodies.1

4

Unlike many other sea urchins, collector urchins graze all day and all night.1

5

Their bright colours fade when the animal dies or is taken out of the ocean.1

6

They are prey for puffer fish, octopuses and humans.1

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Ii-sea urchin, iinkwenkwezi zolwandle neentshulube
Usapho
Toxopneustidae2
Ucwangco
Camarodonta
Amazwekazi
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