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According to the record, the types of Sea Urchin
that can be seen very often in Taiwan are 16 types, and only the
sea area of Baisha Township includes 11 types. Among them, it is
Urchin with white thorn bush commonly named ˇ§horse excrement
urchinˇ¨ which has the highest economic value. Now it has become
a high-class meal in Penghu food and beverage industry. This sea
urchin lives on coral zones or reef zones, eating algae and
seaweed as food. Its reproduction gland is full of body cavities
during reproduction season, making it plump and pretty and the
catching target of divers. It not only makes horse excrement
urchin having a worry of extinction, but also represents the
disappearance of herbivore in the coral reel ecology. That will
cause a big amount of algae reproduction and the competition
among coral communities, so that change the whole coral
ecosystem. Therefore, the excess of catching should be limited
to keep the ecological balance. |