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Young sea urchin

Philip Henry Gosse1850/1880

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Exeter, United Kingdom

This chalk drawing by PH Gosse shows the larval forms of the sea urchin (Echinus). These tiny creatures form part of the zooplankton in the oceans before they settle on a hard substrate and resemble the opaque, round, spiny creatures that are familiar rockpool finds.

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  • Title: Young sea urchin
  • Creator: Philip Henry Gosse (1810-1888)
  • Date Created: 1850/1880
  • Location Created: Devon, England, United Kingdom
  • Physical Dimensions: w480 x h605 mm
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
  • Medium: White gouache on paper painted black
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

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