When the amount of food reserve is comparatively small, as it is in many marine invertebrates and mammals (in the latter the embryo is nourished by materials in the mother’s blood), the egg may be barely visible to the unaided eye. The egg of the sea urchin is about 75 microns (0.003 inch) in diameter; that of a human being is slightly more than 0.1 millimetre. Eggs are classified according to the amount of yolk present. An egg with a small quantity of evenly distributed yolk is called an oligolecithal egg. One with more yolk that is unevenly distributed (i.e., concentrated towards the vegetal pole) is telolecithal; and one with still greater amounts of yolk in granules or in a compact mass is megalecithal.