The website Virtual Urchin from Standford University has a series of interactive tutorials about different aspects of sea urchin biology. Including subjects are anatomy, predation and development. Last month they published an activity about the ocean acidification and its consequences for marine organisms with calcareous skeleton that included the vídeo A Sea Biscuit’s Life to exemplify the life cycle of echinoderms.

Life cycles of echinoderms at Virtual Urchin.

Life cycles of echinoderms at Virtual Urchin.

To know more visit virtualurchin.stanford.edu/AcidOcean.htm

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