This article is about the TV series. For the animal, see Sea urchin. For other uses, see Sea Urchin (disambiguation).
Sea Urchins
Genre
Kidult drama
Starring
Rebecca Gibney Robert Rakete
Country of origin
New Zealand
Original language
English
No. of series
3
Original release
Network
Television One
Release
1980 (1980) – 1984 (1984)
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Sea Urchins was a kidult television series (in three series) produced by Television New Zealand from 1980 to 1984. It starred Rebecca Gibney in her first television role, Bruce Allpress, John Bach, Roy Billing and Robert Rakete.
Described as a saltwater Swallows and Amazons, it was shot on the Mahurangi Harbour near Puhoi in the Hauraki Gulf, where the plucky “urchins” stumble on villainous plots from missing treasure to wildlife smuggling while holidaying with their uncle.
Seaurchins or urchins (/ˈɜːrtʃɪnz/) are typically spiny, globular animals, echinoderms in the class Echinoidea. About 950 species live on the seabed,...
urchins is an important link in a trophic cascade often observed along the west coast of North America in which sea otter predation influences urchin...
Seaurchin injuries are caused by contact with seaurchins, and are characterized by puncture wounds inflicted by the animal's brittle, fragile spines...
SeaUrchins was a kidult television series (in three series) produced by Television New Zealand from 1980 to 1984. It starred Rebecca Gibney in her first...
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sea floor to forage. It preys mostly on marine invertebrates such as seaurchins, various mollusks and crustaceans, and some species of fish. Its foraging...
Several species of seaurchin share the name green seaurchin: Lytechinus variegatus, also known as the variegated seaurchin Psammechinus microtuberculatus...
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which includes starfish, brittle stars, seaurchins, sand dollars and sea cucumbers, as well as the sessile sea lilies or "stone lilies". While bilaterally...
vascular system is a hydraulic system used by echinoderms, such as sea stars and seaurchins, for locomotion, food and waste transportation, and respiration...
also eat dead algae that they find. Some seaurchins, such as the variegated seaurchin or the red seaurchin, have become popular as pets for home aquariums...
known as sea cookies or snapper biscuits in New Zealand and Brazil, or pansy shells in South Africa) are species of flat, burrowing seaurchins belonging...
White seaurchin is a common name for several seaurchins and may refer to: Lytechinus anamesus [Wikidata] Salmacis sphaeroides [Wikidata] Tripneustes...
Echinodermata, which also includes the starfish, brittle stars, seaurchins and sea cucumbers. They live in both shallow water and in depths as great...
invasive species. Sea Stars (starfish) are the main predators of kelp-eating seaurchins. Satellite imagery shows that seaurchin populations have exploded...
innervated limbs continue to writhe due to continuing nerve activity. Seaurchins are prized as a delicacy in many places worldwide (particularly in Japan...
As a response to this "ecological emergency", widespread culling of seaurchins has been advocated in some areas. Marine mammals of the Canary Islands...
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species can continue to regulate urchins. However, the removal of multiple predators can effectively release urchins from predator pressure and allow...
of cacti native to South America, sometimes known as hedgehog cactus, sea-urchin cactus or Easter lily cactus. As of October 2023[update], there are about...
in certain areas of the world. Some echinoderms such as seaurchins, including heart urchins and sand dollars, have a hard "test" or shell. After the...
at the ancestral upper jaw tip has become a protruded mammalian nose. Seaurchins possess unique jaws which display five-part symmetry, termed the Aristotle's...
masses, of fish and certain marine animals such as shrimp, scallop, seaurchins and squid. As a seafood, roe is used both as a cooked ingredient in many...
European hake. It usually also includes shellfish and other seafood such as seaurchins, mussels, velvet crabs, spider crabs, or octopus. More expensive versions...
gastrulation in the seaurchin. Recent simulations found that planar cell polarity is sufficient to drive seaurchin gastrulation. Seaurchins exhibit highly...