New Zealand Seashore

DSC_0138 Sea urchin, or kina (Evechinus chloroticus) view of the top of the internal structure of the mouth, inside the sea urchin's body. This complex dental apparatus is called 'Aristotle's lantern'. Urchins are common in the subtidal zone throughout New Zealand. Blueskin Bay *

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DSC_0138 Sea urchin, or kina (Evechinus chloroticus) view of the top of the internal structure of the mouth, inside the sea urchin's body. This complex dental apparatus is called 'Aristotle's lantern'. Urchins are common in the subtidal zone throughout New Zealand. Blueskin Bay *

DSC 0318 sea egg sea urchin aristotle's lantern Common kina Evechinus chloroticus Blueskin Bay