Bob Steneck, a University of Maine professor of marine sciences, was cited in the HowStuffWorks article, “Sea urchins are the edible pincushions of the ocean.” “A sea urchin’s body plan is pretty unique,” Steneck said. “One could say it is a hollow limestone sphere (made of numerous hexagonal plates sort of like a geodesic dome)
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