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IN July of this year I noticed several specimens of Echinus esculentus on the foreshore at Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, well above the low-water level of all tides. In every case they were on flat reefs without any shelter from overhanging ledges. While constantly searching under ledges for other organisms, I never saw an urchin in such a position. Specimens were seen on dark clay shales of the Lower Lias and on the more sandy Middle Lias of Peak Steel.
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BROMEHEAD, C. Occurrence of Sea-urchins on the Foreshore in Britain. Nature 124, 373 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124373e0
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