Sphaerechinus granularis

Not to be confused with Purple sea urchin (disambiguation).

Sphaerechinus granularis
Sphaerechinus granularis on Madeira
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Echinoidea
Superorder:
Echinacea
Order:
Temnopleuroida
Family:
Toxopneustidae
Genus:
Sphaerechinus
Species:
S. granularis
Binomial name
Sphaerechinus granularis
(Lamarck, 1816) [1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Echinus (Toxopneustes) albidus (L. Agassiz, 1841)
  • Echinus (Toxopneustes) brevispinosus (Blainville, 1825)
  • Echinus (Toxopneustes) granularis (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Echinus albidus L. Agassiz, 1841
  • Echinus brevispinosus Blainville, 1825
  • Echinus dubius Blainville, 1825
  • Echinus granularis de Lamarck, 1816
  • Echinus subglobiformis Blainville, 1825
  • Sphærechinus brevispinosus (Blainville, 1825)
  • Sphærechinus ovarius Lambert & Thiéry, 1914
  • Sphaerechinus roseus Russo, 1893
  • Strongylocentrotus granularis (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Toxopneustes brevispinosus (L. Agassiz, 1841)

Sphaerechinus granularis is a species of sea urchin in the family Toxopneustidae, commonly known as the violet sea urchin,[2] or sometimes the purple sea urchin (though the latter is also a common name for a Pacific sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus). Its range includes the Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Sphaerechinus granularis (Lamarck, 1816) World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
  2. ^ Wood, Lawson (2011). Sea Fishes Of The Mediterranean Sea. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. p. 83.