Animals / Sea urchin

Purple sea urchin

Strongylocentrotus purpuratus · Strongylocentrotidae

Strongylocentrotus purpuratus is a species of sea urchin in the family Strongylocentrotidae, which is commonly known as the purple sea urchin or Pacific purple sea urchin. It lives along the eastern edge of the Pacific Ocean extending from Ensenada, Mexico, to British Columbia, Canada.

Where the Purple sea urchin lives

Recorded in United States of America (North America).

Most records fall in California, Oregon and Washington.

See the Purple sea urchin’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Not evaluated (NE). Scientists haven’t checked yet how at risk it is, so this doesn’t mean it is safe or in danger. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 382,719 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.