Sentences with phrase «particular sea urchin»

The researchers at Queen Mary University of London, led by Professor Maurice Elphick, were investigating whether a particular sea urchin neuropeptide was an evolutionary link between neuropeptides in humans and insects.

While larger invertebrates and in particular sea urchins Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (O.F. Müller) are important secondary consumers controlling large barren ground areas on the Norwegian coast, they are scarce inside dense kelp forests.

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Sea urchins in particular satisfy a special niche in the otters» diet as a high - energy food source, and there were fewer to go around at Big Sur.

In particular, the designers focused on the sand dollar, a sub-species of sea urchin (Echinoidea).