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Peter Marriott

The urchin Sterechinus neumayeri encased in anchor ice crystal in the shallow marine environment of New Harbour. This species of urchin is very common at many sites in McMurdo Sound and in fact has a circum-Antarctic distribution, but it was relatively uncommon at the sampling site.