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IN the latest number of the Journal of the Marine Biological Association (vol. 16, 1, p. 289), Dr. J. H. Orton discusses the occurrence of the common sea urchin, Echinus esculentus, on the foreshore. In view of the fact that, in comparison with Plymouth, these animals can frequently be picked up at low tide at Millport and the Island of Skye, it may be of interest to put on record some observations made by me in August 1923 at Fetlar, in the Shetland Islands, especially as this island, lying in lat. 60° 35′ N., is some 3° farther north than Skye, from which records by Dr. Lebour are quoted by Dr. Orton.
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HENTSCHEL, C. Occurrence of Sea Urchins on the Foreshore in Britain. Nature 124, 226 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124226a0
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