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Intact kina

Dead kina, New Zealand sea urchin, Evechinus chloroticus shell

A dead kina from a reef that has lost its spikes.

Rights: Zurek – licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 and GNU Free Documentation License

Published: 10 May 2011,Updated: 10 May 2011Size: 44.88 KB

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