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Heart Urchins

Critter Spotlight: Echinocardium cordatum

Echinocardium cordatum Photo Credit:horta.uac.pt

Photo Credit: horta.uac.pt

These urchins are in the Order Spatangoida and bury themselves in the substrate/sand and move through it, internally processing some of the sand and cleaning it of adhering matter such as diatoms, detritus and tiny invertebrate.

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