🦋 Family

Strongylocentrotidae

5 species · Animals

Animalia › Echinodermata › Echinoidea › Camarodonta › Strongylocentrotidae

Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, the purple sea urchin, is a deep purple urchin found in Pacific nearshore kelp forest communities, harvested for food.

Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, the green sea urchin, is a widespread northern sea urchin harvested for food.

Strongylocentrotus pallidus, the pale sea urchin, is a sea urchin species found in rocky Northeast Asian and Nordic marine areas.

Strongylocentrotus fragilis is an abyssal regular sea urchin found off western North America.

Mesocentrotus franciscanus is a red sea urchin species that acts as an important ecosystem engineer in temperate rocky reefs.

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