Giant+Red+Sea+Urchin


 * Phyla:** Echinodermata


 * Class:** Echinoidea


 * Scientific Name:**//Strongylocentrotus franciscanus//


 * Location:** Alaska to Baja and British Colombia


 * Size:** 10cm or more


 * Habitat:** rocky subtidal regions just below the low tide line


 * Living Requirements:** areas with plentiful amounts of seaweed and kelp for food


 * Life Cycle:** spawning peaks between June and September; the fertilized eggs develop into planktonic larvae before dropping to the sea bottom; life span is over 100 years


 * Male and Female Differences:** No physical differences


 * Facts:**
 * Use their spines as stilts to crawl along the sea bottom
 * Is the largest of the Sea urchins
 * Are close relatives of Sea cucumbers





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