Caption

A spherical purple sea urchin (Sphaerechinus granularis) covered in sandy funnel-shaped algae, on the seabed, at the Hausriff dive site, Stoja, Pula, Croatia, Mediterranean Sea

Date

Aug 03, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Rolf von Riedmatten

Reference

BRK26J42_059

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

27.6Mb (9.2Mb) / 12.0in x 9.0in / 3586 x 2690 (300dpi)

Keywords

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