Heart-Urchin (Echinocardium cordatum)

Invertebrateverified

Echinocardium cordatum

(Pennant, 1777)

Heart-Urchin

Also known as: Zeeklit, Sea Potato

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About

Max size

10 cm

Taxonomy

Class

Echinoidea

Order

Spatangoida

Family

Loveniidae

Where to find it

common

Australia (Temperate South)Denmark New Zealand New Zealand (North Island)New Zealand (South Island)

occasional

Spain (Galicia)Sweden

rare

Netherlands Norway

Other species in Loveniidae

Mediterranean Heart Urchin (Echinocardium mediterraneum)

Echinocardium mediterraneum

Mediterranean Heart Urchin

Echinocardium fenauxi

Echinocardium fenauxi

Image: © Kian Hayles-Cotton (CC0) · iNaturalist (CC0) · source