Sea Heart urchin shell (Echinocardium cordatum) close up.
County Clare, Ireland.

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A paper thin Sea heart urchin (Echinocardium cordatum) shell.
County Clare, Ireland.

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A Heart Urchin/Sea potato (Echinocardium cordatum) shell. The skeletal remains of an urchin species that spend almost all of their lives beneath the sand.
County Clare, Ireland.

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A live Sea potato/Heart urchin (Echinocardium cordatum) with its spines (hairs) all intact, including its Mohawk!! 🤣🤣

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A closer look at the textured surface of a Sea potato/Sea Heart urchin (Echinocardium cordatum) shell. When the urchin was alive each of the the little dots would have had a hair like spine attached. They use these spines to move themselves through the sand when searching for food.
County Clare, Ireland.

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The exoskeleton of a Heart Urchin (top and bottom) which I found on Irvine Beach on the Clyde coast today. They get their name from the shape of their shells, but when they're alive, they're more reminiscent of their other somewhat less romantic name: The Sea Potato!

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A Thornback Ray (Raja clavata) egg case surrounded by Sea Potato (Echinocardium cordatum) shells. County Clare, Ireland.

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A Sea Heart Urchin/Sea Potato shell (Echinocardium cordatum) Related to Sand Dollars and sea urchins these guys spend most of their days buried beneath the sand. Their shells get washed up when winter swells stir up the sand in the bay. County Clare, Ireland.

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