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Young sea urchin
Philip Henry Gosse1880
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Exeter, United Kingdom
These curious looking creatures are the larval stages of the sea urchin. They are microscopic and drift in the ocean as zooplankton for several months before they settle on a hard service. Once they have settled they undergo metamorphosis and begin to resemble the opaqueround spiny creatures that are familiar rockpool finds.
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- Title: Young sea urchin
- Creator: Philip Henry Gosse
- Creator Lifespan: 1810-04-06/1888-08-23
- Creator Nationality: British
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Torquay
- Creator Birth Place: Worcester
- Date Created: 1880
- Location Created: England
- Physical Dimensions: w480 x h605 mm
- Provenance: Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter City Council.
- Subject Keywords: Marine biology, rockpool, sea creature, microscopic, collage, natural history, natural science
- Type: Drawing
- External Link: RAMM Collections Explorer
- Medium: White gouache on paper painted black
- Artist: Philip Henry Gosse
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