#pencil urchin

[styllwaters]

The kiki and bouba of urchins. if you even care

[magicmetalblog]

InsertAnInvert 2024

Deep sea: mesopelagic

pencil sea urchin (cidaris blakei)

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Pencil Sea Urchin (Heterocentrotus mamillatus)

(Photo by Scott Atwood)

Conservation Status- Unlisted

Habitat- Coastal Atlantic Ocean; Caribbean Sea

Size (Weight/Length)- 15 cm

Diet- Algae; Coral; Mollusks

Cool Facts- Instead of being sharp and spiny like their Pacific cousins, the pencil sea urchin’s goal is to look as unappetizing as possible. The 10 centimeter long spines are thick and rounded, resulting in it being simply too large for most fish to be able to fit in their mouths. Pencil sea urchins are mostly sedentary after they find a nice growth of algae to feed on. However, these urchins are capable of moving a whopping 90 centimeters a day when they feel like it. These urchins are threatened by a mixture of ocean pollution and over tourism of the reefs they call home. Pencil sea urchins are also popular for aquarists and often find themselves in the illegal pet trade.

Rating- 11/10 (Now if only they could learn how to write.)

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Thank you to anon for your donation to UNRWA! I hope you enjoy this Heterocentrotus mamillatus, aka the slate pencil urchin. Fun fact: Though this species' spines are usually red, at night they turn chalky pink!

[daftpatience]

smurchin

[ninjapaste]

Made another splatoon oc BUT, this time its an urchin!

His name is Tip, a red pencil urchin who's a tattooist based in Splatsville.

(Trying out a new textured style for the first one)

Hes a chill dude who likes really comfortable and soft clothes, but he also tends to oversleep when he takes a nap. Speaks strong Patois but tones it down when hes working with new clients (if you can speak patois he gives you a secret discount though). Tip has a lot of tattoos, but he hides them to evade any suspicions from the police that he may still be a gang member. Hes ex-gang now and tries to help his community when hard times come around!

Plus he has his two partners (and colleagues) to help him! His bf is Sazon (left) and Puffy (right) and they were made by my bestie @crystalmonk5579 !!

[xiphosuras]

Curiosities

[aniflowersartblog]

I ocationaly take requests for Cookie Run Kingdom characters on Instagram, to make these smal one/two color doodles.

These are the ones I have made so far, from 2021 till now.

-More close-ups under the "Read More"-

[angelbroad]

Veteran Vampire!Fyodor Urchin au

[aticketplz]

好きだ…！！！

@鳥羽水族館

I like this urchin. In English, it is called a "slate-pencil urchin." Is it an industrial product?

@Toba Aquarium

[shadowlinktheshadow]

for @trippygalaxy 💜💜

[kuhulua]

ADORABLE

[midnight-endings]

[caution-animals-be-crossing]

Kapp’n took me to my first ever rare island. I’ve heard of it happening and I’ve always clapped for others. It was finally my turn!!!! I got all kind of stuff I have never caught before!!! This is not including the stuff I threw back or let go.

[candragloomblade]

Sketchbook - Urchin

Little doodle.

[davesrightshoe]

Only proper thrawn is shirtless thrawn

Also digital art is so coooollll. I want to learn so bad

I've been informed that all my Thrawns should be shirtless, and I felt like maybe also giving a little half-smile was a good addition.

I'm running a fever and the only cure is Thrawn.