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"In the supermarket, you find luxury products, sea urchins or Dom Perignon champagne, and vegetables have become extremely expensive," pushing some people to do their shopping in a neighbouring town.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Crinoids are part of the phylum Echinodermata which also boasts sea urchins and sea cucumbers.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

A recent study published in Frontiers in Marine Science reports that, over the past four years, a previously unrecognized pandemic killing sea urchins worldwide has also struck the Canary Islands.

From Science Daily • Dec. 12, 2025

But when wasting disease in effect wiped out their main predator, the sea urchins exploded in number, decimating kelp forests and transforming once-lush underwater habitats into so-called urchin barrens.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

Now it pulled the warm scent of brine-washed sea urchins, mussels, and kelp from the rocks and carried it gently across the beach and up the hill.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry