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  • Sea Urchins: ‘Melbourne Is Better Than Sydney’

    Sea Urchins: ‘Melbourne Is Better Than Sydney’

    While crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef have long been ecological villains in the popular imagination, sea urchins have mostly crawled under the national radar – until now. Long-spined sea urchins (Centrostephanus rodgersii) have invaded Tasmania and Victoria from their historical range in New South Wales. Where it occurs, this species dominates near-shore reefs…