User:Alizepal/Chondrocidaris gigantea

Comments by A.Faucci (April 11, 2024);

Nice work on improving your draft according the different feedback you got. I know you already submitted your draft but you did not copy things over to the main space yet. So, here my comments:


 * Distribution: make sure you are general enough. Mauritius (off the Eastern coast of Africa, and Hawaii are a very strange distribution. So, check what it is in one of your sources and give the general distribution (tropical Indo-Pacific maybe?) and then say, ".. including Mauritius and Hawaii.".
 * Make sure you check all your sentences for typos and grammar. one way to do that is to read them out loud.

Description
The Chondrocidaris gigantea, also known as the rough-spined sea urchin are a large species of sea urchin, growing between 8-10 inches in diameter with each of it's spines reaching 6 inches in length. The spines on rough-spined sea urchin contain thorns, allowing for the growth of algae and sponges. In turn the algae and sponges that grow provide camouflage for the sea urchin. The amount of spines found on the can vary depending on region, for example those found in Mauritius only have 5 spines while Hawaii species may have 10. Rough-spined sea urchins are primarily herbivores, with most of their diet consisting of the algae that form on the coral reefs.

Habitat & Distribution
The rough-spined sea urchin, is native to Hawaii and Mauritius. This species of sea urchins can also be found in various places throughout the Pacific such as Indonesia or Samoa. You can find rough-spined sea urchins on coral reefs in water depths deeper than 150 feet using the surrounding coral as cover.