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Fertilize: when a sperm and an egg join.

Sea Urchin Development from Eggs

This is a light microscope photograph of sea urchin eggs after they have been fertilized. You can see the eggs surrounded by a layer, called the jelly layer. The light dots are the sperm. The eggs look blue in color, because of the microscope light. 

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  • Article: Sea Urchin Development - Eggs and Beyond
  • Author(s): Dr. Biology
  • Publisher: Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Ask A Biologist
  • Site name: ASU - Ask A Biologist
  • Date published: 23 Dec, 2009
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  • Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/sea-urchin-eggs

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Dr. Biology. (Wed, 12/23/2009 - 16:30). Sea Urchin Development - Eggs and Beyond. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/sea-urchin-eggs

American Psychological Association. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/

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Dr. Biology. "Sea Urchin Development - Eggs and Beyond". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 23 Dec 2009. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/sea-urchin-eggs

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Dr. Biology. "Sea Urchin Development - Eggs and Beyond". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 23 Dec 2009. ASU - Ask A Biologist, Web. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/sea-urchin-eggs

Modern Language Association, 7th Ed. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/
Young sea urchins

These are baby purple sea urchins called juveniles. Adult Strongylocentrotus purpuratus grow as big as a human fist. Image courtesy of Nancy Mozingo.

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