Talk:Tripneustes ventricosus

A fact from Tripneustes ventricosus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 November 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the West Indian sea egg (pictured) decorates itself with bits of seagrass and fragments of shell held on by its tube feet?

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File:Tripneustes ventricosus (West Indian Sea Egg) edit.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Tripneustes ventricosus (West Indian Sea Egg) edit.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on July 7, 2012. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2012-07-07. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! —howcheng {chat} 06:51, 6 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The West Indian sea egg (Tripneustes ventricosus) is a species of sea urchin found in the Caribbean Sea and neighboring parts of the Atlantic Ocean. It is dark in colour, usually black, dark purple, or reddish brown, with white spines 1–2 cm (0.4–0.8 in) long, and can grow to 10–15 cm (3.9–5.9 in) in diameter.Photo: Nick Hobgood

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