Purple Sea Urchin (Paracentrotus lividus)

Invertebrateverified

Paracentrotus lividus

(Lamarck, 1816)

Purple Sea Urchin

Also known as: Rock Sea Urchin, Stony Sea Urchin, Rock Urchin, Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin

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Taxonomy

Class

Echinoidea

Order

Camarodonta

Family

Parechinidae

Where to find it

common

Montenegro Spain (Galicia)Tunisia

occasional

Albania Italy Spain

rare

France Gibraltar Greece Malta Monaco Spain (Canary Islands)

Other species in Parechinidae

Green Sea Urchin (Psammechinus miliaris)

Psammechinus miliaris

Green Sea Urchin

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