One of the few animals that use tools , sea otters use rocks to smash open prey such as sea urchins or abalone .
海獭是能够使用工具的少数动物之一,它会用石头击开猎物,如海胆或鲍鱼。
There are starfish , sea urchins , sea lilies , brittle stars , sea cucumbers , sea daisies and others .
在那有海星,海胆类,海百合类,蛇尾类,海参类,海雏菊类等。
Large numbers of grazing sea urchins reduced the abundance of crustose coralline algae , a species of algae that produce calcium carbonate , the basic building material of ocean reefs , researchers found .
Experiments show that the struggle by copepods , snails , sea urchins and brittlestars to balance the changing ph inside their bodies impairs their ability to reproduce and grow .
One reason is their diet : they eat only starfish ( and sometimes sea urchins ) , and they reportedly prefer to eat them alive .
原因之一是它们的饮食:它们只能吃到海星(有时是海胆),据报道它们喜欢吃活的。
The gold nanoparticles , shaped like sea urchins , put into the leaves of bacopa caroliniana plants cause chlorophyll to produce the reddish luminescence .
形似海胆的金纳米颗粒植入虎耳的叶子中是叶绿素发出一种微红色冷光。
Sea urchins , which devour the kelp , have reached pest proportions in the area , because they prefer warmer water and because their natural predator , rock lobsters , have been overfished .
In california , where sardines , mackerel and tuna were once the staples of the fishing industry , three of the five most valuable catches are no longer fish but squid , crabs and sea urchins .
The perfectly preserved skeletons of shellfish , sea urchins and bigger sea predators belong to an entire ecosystem that emerged in the wake of a huge extinction that almost wiped all life off the face of the planet .