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Detailed View - MER-B Sol 054 Object

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Description:  sea urchin

Apparent size:  3 mm

Common features:  regularly spaced bumps, six-fold radial symmetry (compare to terrestrial urchins with 5-fold symmetry, such as the pink urchin to the right)

   

 

Stacked frames:  none

Enhancement methods:

bright/contrast  difference  anti-shadow

Summary description of image contents:  small sea urchin with six-fold radial symmetry.  Note the perfect regular spacing of the bumps where spines would have been attached when alive.  All form rows and match linear spacing with the neighboring rows.

Anaglyph view:  none

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