Talk:Lytechinus pictus

A fact from Lytechinus pictus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 October 2018 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that aggregations of painted urchin have been recorded with a density of 80 individuals per square metre?

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I am sad that there is no picture of the "painted urchin". I specifically came from the Main Page DYK to see it. Axl ¤ [Talk] 11:58, 22 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Urchin Crisis in California

These Urchins are also overpopulating, due to loss of the main predator from disease. This is a placeholder for an additional section. Dominick ^(TALK) 12:59, 22 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

https://news.ucsc.edu/2018/03/sea-stars.html Sea star wasting disease Dominick ^(TALK) 13:29, 22 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]