Sea Egg

These interesting creatures get called by three different names. They are, kina, sea urchin and sea egg.

They can be red, purple or black in colour.

The sea egg is related to the starfish.

They are echinoderms which means "spiny skinned."

They feeds on seaweed and prefer to eat drifting pieces of sea weed rather than sea weed attached to rocks.

If you find one covered in seaweed, it has saved it to eat later or it may be trying to hide from predators.

The sea egg's mouth is on its underside.

It has five long curved teeth.

The spines protect it from predators.

Sea eggs predators are man, snapper, moki and porae.

Sea eggs have feet between their spines.They can live to be more than15 years old.

Sea egg topic words.

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