Stunning tiny video footage has actually recorded the minute a clear child sea urchin crawled throughout a bed of red algae. The video made 5th location in the yearly Nikon Small World in Motion competitors.

Alvaro Migottoa zoologist at the University of São Paulo in Brazil, recorded the enchanting video of the juvenile sea urchin as it crossed its environment and determined the types as Arbacia lixula — a black sea urchin that is frequently discovered along the Brazilian coast and throughout the Mediterranean. Migotto found the small animal while analyzing particles that had actually cleaned ashore near the Center for Marine Biology where he works.

“It was simply by chance. While I was examining various materials — such as algae, pebbles, and seashells washed ashore — under the stereomicroscope in search of other organisms, I unexpectedly came across this tiny sea urchin calmly walking on a piece of red calcareous algae,” Migotto informed Live Science in an e-mail.”The scene struck me as perfect — not only was the animal moving naturally over a substrate it typically inhabits in the wild, but the combination of these two elements also created excellent contrast and pleasing colors,” he included.

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Sea urchins are marine invertebrates in the group Echinodermata and are discovered in oceans all over the world and in almost every environment. They have round, spiny bodies and numerous small tubed feet.

Nikon revealed the winners and respectable points out of the competitors on Sept. 24.