ツマジロナガウニ / Echinometra tsumajiro
棘の先端が白いのでツマジロナガウニと言います。
The main feature of this sea urchin is that the spine tip is white.
Scientific Name : Echinometra tsumajiro
Family: Echinometridae
Order: Echinoida
Photo taken at Aquamarine Fukushima
Cape urchin
- ケープアーチン
ケープアーチンは、南アフリカの西海岸の浅い岩礁地帯に生息しているウニ。
昆布などの海草が茂っているところに住んでる。
Cape urchins are species of sea urchin which live in shallow reefs off the the west coast of South Africa.
Their habitats is the area where marine algae have thrived well such as the kelp forests.
Scientific Name : Nidorellia armata
Family: Echinidae
Order: Echinoida
Photo taken at Tokyo Sea Life Park
キタムラサキウニ / Strongylocentrotus nudus
- キタムラサキウニ
北海道沿岸に多く生息する。
海草を食べながら成長し、体長10センチ程度になる。
生殖巣は6月~8月に最も発達し、非常においしい☆
The major habitat is off the shore of Hokkaido.
It grows while eating seaweed and reaches a length of about 10 centimeters.
The gonad, that reaches its maximum size during the months from June to August, is very delicious.
Scientific Name : Strongylocentrotus nudus
Family : Strongylocentrotidae
Order : Echinoida
Photo taken at Nosyappu cold current aquarium, Wakkanai
ハリナガオオバフンウニ / Red sea urchin
- ハリナガオオバフンウニ
ハリナガオオバフンウニ。
北米の太平洋岸に生息。
Red sea urchin.
It lives in Pacific coast of north America.
Scientific Name : Strongylocentrotus franciscanus
Family: Strongylocentrotidae
Order: Echinoida
Photo taken at Aquazoo, Dusseldorf