rockkina
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
feed on seaweed and prefer to eat drifting pieces of sea weed rather
than sea weed attached to rocks.
If
you find a sea egg 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.
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