Invertebrates > Sea Urchins
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Purple Sea UrchinScientific Name: Strongylocentrotus purpuratusCategory: InvertebratesSubcategory: Sea UrchinsSize: Test diameter: 2.0–4.0 in (5.0–10.0 cm); Spines: 0.8–1.2 in (2.0–3.0 cm)Weight: 2.5–7.0 oz (70–200 g); spherical calcified...
Invertebrates > Echinoderms
OverviewThe European Edible Sea Urchin (Echinus esculentus), also celebrated in marine biology and culinary history as the common sea urchin or sea egg, is a massive, strikingly handsome regular echinoid belonging to the sea urchin family Echinidae. Indigenous to the...
