A sea urchin
From sea + urchin ( “ hedgehog ” ) , reflecting a similarity in appearance to a hedgehog.
sea urchin (plural sea urchins )
Any of many marine echinoderms , of the class Echinoidea , commonly found in shallow water, having a complex chewing structure named Aristotle's lantern .
1986 , Patrick S. Leahy, Chapter 1: Laboratory Culture of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Adults, Embryos, and Larvae , Thomas E. Schroeder (editor), Methods in Cell Biology , Volume 27: Echinoderm Gametes and Embryos, page 2 ,
Of the many species of sea urchins utilized in biological research today the most widely used in North America is probably the purple sea urchin , Strongylocentrotus purpuratus .
2001 , V. L. Kasyanov, Reproductive Strategy of Marine Bivalves and Echinoderms , page 90 :The pericentriolar radial complex characteristic of the spermatozoa of other echinoderms is lacking in the spermatozoa of all sea urchins .
2004 , Belinda J. Sly, The Development and Evolution of the Echinoderm Nervous System , page 9 :Approximately 20% of sea urchins are direct-developers, meaning that they bypass the pluteal larval stage and develop directly into an adult sea urchin .
any of many marine echinoderms of the class Echinoidea
Afrikaans: seekastaiing
Albanian: iriq deti m
Arabic: قُنْفُذ البَحْر m ( qunfuḏ al-baḥr )
Arabic: قُنْفُذ البَحْر m ( qunfuḏ al-baḥr )
Armenian: ծովոզնի (hy) ( covozni )
Old Armenian: ոզնի ծովու ( ozni covu )
Asturian: oricio m , alezna (ast) f
Azerbaijani: dənizkirpisi
Basque: itsas triku
Belarusian: марскі вожык m ( marski vóžyk )
Breton: ( collective ) teureug (br) m , teureugenn m , kistin-mor m
Bulgarian: морски таралежи m ( morski taraleži )
Catalan: garota (ca) f , eriçó de mar (ca) m
Cebuano: tuyom , swaki
Cherokee: ᎠᎺᏉ ᎡᎯ ᏧᏟᏲᏍᏗ ( amequo ehi tsutliyosdi )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 海膽 / 海胆 ( hoi2 daam2 )
Mandarin: 海膽 / 海胆 (zh) ( hǎidǎn )
Cornish: sort mor m
Corsican: zinu (co) m
Crimean Tatar: deñiz kirpisi
Czech: mořský ježek m , ježovka f
Danish: søpindsvin n
Dutch: zee-egel (nl) m
Erzya: ведьсеель ( veďśejeľ )
Esperanto: eĥino , ekino , mara erinaco , markaŝtano
Estonian: merisiilik
Faroese: igulker n
Finnish: merisiili (fi)
French: oursin (fr) m , hérisson de mer (fr) m
Galician: ourizo (gl) m , ourizo do mar m , ourizo mariño (gl) m
Georgian: ზღვის ზღარბი ( zɣvis zɣarbi )
German: Seeigel (de) m
Greek: αχινός (el) m ( achinós )
Ancient: βρύσσος m ( brússos ) , ἐχῖνος m ( ekhînos )
Greenlandic: eqqusaq (kl)
Hebrew: קִיפּוֹד יָם ( kipod yam )
Hindi: जलसाही ( jalsāhī )
Hungarian: tengeri sün (hu)
Icelandic: ígulker (is) n
Ido: ekino (io)
Indonesian: bulu babi (id) , landak laut
Irish: cuán mara m
Italian: riccio di mare m
Japanese: 海胆 (ja) ( うに , uni) , 雲丹 (ja) ( うに , uni)
Kabuverdianu: orisu , orisu
Kabyle: adeɣmus
Kavalan: qubu , tlumsik
Kazakh: теңіз кірпісі ( teñız kırpısı )
Korean: 성게 ( seongge )
Kyrgyz: деңиз кирписи ( deŋiz kirpisi )
Latin: echīnus (la) m
Latvian: jūraseži m
Ligurian: zìn m
Limburgish: zieëieëgel m , watersieëgel m
Lithuanian: jūros ežys m
Luxembourgish: Séiigel m
Macedonian: морски еж m ( morski ež )
Malay: landak laut , jani (ms) ( Singapore )
Malayalam: കടൽച്ചേന ( kaṭalccēna )
Maltese: rizza f
Manx: crockan traie m , kione chiyt m
Maori: kina , pūrau , pūrou
Mapudungun: yupe
Mari:
Western Mari: тангыж шӱлӹ ( tangyž šülÿ )
Middle English: yrchoun
Navajo: táłtłʼááh adijiłii
Nootka: t̕uc̕up
Norn: julter n
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sjøpiggsvin n , sjøpinnsvin n , kråkebolle (no) m
Nynorsk: sjøpiggsvin n , kråkebolle m
Occitan: orsin (oc) m
Old Norse: ígull m
Persian: خارپشت دریایی ( xârpošt daryâyi ) , توتیای دریایی ( tutiyâye daryâyi )
Polish: jeżowiec (pl) m
Portuguese: ouriço-do-mar (pt) m
Quechua: yaku askanku
Romanian: arici de mare m
Russian: морско́й ёж m ( morskój jož ) , ёж-ры́ба f ( jož-rýba )
Scottish Gaelic: cragan-tràghad m , cragan-feannaige m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: морски јеж m , јѐжинац m
Roman: morski jež m , jèžinac (sh) m
Slovak: ježovka f , morský ježko m
Slovene: morski ježek (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: móŕski jež m
Upper Sorbian: mórski jěž m
Spanish: erizo de mar m
Swedish: sjöborre (sv) c
Tagalog: salungo
Tajik: хорпушти баҳрӣ ( xorpušt-i bahri )
Tamil: கடல் முள்ளெலி ( kaṭal muḷḷeli )
Thai: เม่นทะเล ( mên-tá-lee ) , หอยเม่น ( hɔ̌i-mên )
Turkish: denizkestanesi (tr)
Ukrainian: морський їжак m ( morsʹkyj jižak )
Uzbek:
Cyrillic: денгиз типратикан ( dengiz tipratikan )
Roman: dengiz tipratikan
Vietnamese: cầu gai (vi) , nhím biển , nhum , nhum biển
Welsh: môr-ddraenog m , draenog môr m , ŵy môr m
West Coast Bajau: utim
Yámana: ákis