Sterechinus is a genus of sea urchins in the family Echinidae. All living members of the genus are found in the waters around Antarctica but the first species described in the genus was a fossil and was found in Europe.
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Sterechinus neumayeri, the Antarctic sea urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family Echinidae. It is found living on the seabed in the waters around...
from warm seas to polar oceans. The larvae of the polar sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri have been found to use energy in metabolic processes twenty-five...
most preyed upon species by vertebrates. The red Antarctic sea urchin (Sterechinus neumayeri) has been used in several studies and has become a model organism...
is often found living in association with the Antarctic sea urchin, Sterechinus neumayeri, and Odontaster validus, a species of sea star. Predatory invertebrates...
parvula. Here U antarctica mostly feeds on sea urchins in the genus Sterechinus. It is also present in Zone III, deeper than 33 m (110 ft) and below...
Antarctica, Isotealia antarctica is the principal predator of the sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri. This sea urchin habitually has fragments of red algae adhering...
In some circumstances, particularly when the Antarctic sea urchin (Sterechinus neumayeri) is restricting the algal growth, the biomass of the organisms...
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