Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
92.29.035 A—B
Accession#:
92.29
Credit Line:
Donated by Caroline Jensen.
Object Name:
Shell
Title:
Green Urchin (Strongylocentrotus Droebachiensis)
Description:
Two urchins are flattened globe shape with hole at top center and opening bottom center
B — still filled in with partially attached jaw with five teeth, top hole also filled in. Radiating stripes of bumps and pinhole patterns.
A — 1.875 inches by 1.0 inch
B — 1.625 inches by 0.875 inches
B — still filled in with partially attached jaw with five teeth, top hole also filled in. Radiating stripes of bumps and pinhole patterns.
A — 1.875 inches by 1.0 inch
B — 1.625 inches by 0.875 inches
Notes:
"Seashore Life of the North Pacific. Coast", pages 89.
Wing: Variation in color from different states of preservation. Found in white or purple.
Donor's label reads: A — "STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS (purple urchin) from Pearl Harbor."
B — "GREEN URCHIN" from Pearl Harbor."
Wing: Variation in color from different states of preservation. Found in white or purple.
Donor's label reads: A — "STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS (purple urchin) from Pearl Harbor."
B — "GREEN URCHIN" from Pearl Harbor."
Search Terms:
Biological
Sea Animal
Sea Animal
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