They look sort of like koosh balls, cross-bred somewhere down the line with sea anemones. Why did Ariel's father disapprove of them so much?? Take a look for yourself:
SEA URCHINS
SEA URCHIN FACTS
King Triton was right in his contempt for Ariel's little street-rat friend Urchin, en fait. Sea Urchins are quite dangerous. These spindly creatures are no koosh balls--they have spikes that can get stuck in your flesh if you step on or threaten them. Not so nice. But on the other hand, it can't be so nice for the sea urchin either, never being able to get close to anyone out of fear of stabbing them. What a melancholy existence these rainbow clad suckers lead on the bottoms of ships and the ocean floor. (Or is it just barnacles that stick onto ships?)
Strangely enough, people eat them.
Check out this 'sea urchin sushi boat' on the right. Thus, when a sea urchin injures you, there are more than adequate ways to get revenge. Fish them up with a net and then stab them yourselves with large cutlery instruments, then boil, saute, or roll them raw.The prickliest members of the echindoderm phylum, sea urchins tend to grow up to 2 to 4 inches in diameter and have teeth, which they can use to bite holes in rocks when they need to places to hide, only one example of the destructive power they posess.
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