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| User: | usedandnew (6762957) Dread Pleasures
Black humor and other delights |
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| Name: | Strongylocentrotus purpuratus | |
| Website: | My Poetry | |
| Bio: | Read my poetry in ham1337! Whoo! *Points at website* Strongylocentrotus purpuratus is both a social and independant organism. It does not tend to live in colonies or around other urchins, nor does it always live by itself. Urchins can be found in groups, particualrly when a good food source is near. Around the holdfasts of giant kelp beds, S. purpuratus can be found in very high numbers. On the other hand, during low tide, purple sea urchins can be found all by themselves. Strongylocentrotus purpuratus is generally a sedentary individual. However, the purple urchin does have the ability to move, and can do so by using its tube feet to push and pull itself along. This action, in coordination with the movement of the spines can be used to move the urchin. This movement is usually very slow. Primary predators of S. purpuratus include sea stars(Solaster stimpsoni, Pycnopodia helianthoides, and Astrometis sertulifera) as well as the sea otter. Strongylocentrotus purpuratus defends itself with its rather sharp spines. Also, the pedicellariae can grap or pinch a predator in order to ward them off. In addition to fighting off predators, pedicellariae also keep barnacles, sponges, and other animals from growing on the aboral surface of the urchin. (Abbott et al., 1980; Clavin et al., 1985; Olhausen and Russo, 1981) | |
| Memories:: | 1 entry | |
| Interests: | 45: acoustic guitar, beading, black humor, buddhism, crunchy peanut butter, cuteness, decaffinated tea, dreamblade, elizabeth bishop, fiction, gallows humor, glittery nail polish, gothiness, grotesque things, halloween, judaism, larp, lesbians, louise gluck, madness, magic the gathering, making things, mathematics, meditation, mock trial, nihilism, old movies, painting, playwriting, poetry, postfeminism, postmodernism, psychology, sarcasm, shakespeare, snarky girls, socialism, sparkly things, spoon sandwich, sylvia plath, theatre, thrifting, unmasqued, vegetarianism, water | |
| Schools: | Lake Ridge Academy - North Ridgeville, OH (2001 - present) | |
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| Account type: | Basic Account | |
