---
title: "Atlantic Rock-boring Urchin"
description: "Echinometra lucunter — Other animals. Echinometra lucunter, the rock boring urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family Echinometridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/atlantic-rock-boring-urchin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Atlantic Rock-boring Urchin

> Echinometra lucunter — Other animals. Echinometra lucunter, the rock boring urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family Echinometridae.

- Scientific name: *Echinometra lucunter*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 4280
- Wikidata: [Q153395](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q153395)
- iNaturalist taxon: [194691](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/194691)

## Names

- en: Atlantic Rock-boring Urchin
- es: Erizo de las rocas
- fr: Oursin de récif

## Countries with the most observations

MX (620), PR (495), BR (352), US (243), VI (220), BS (163), DO (146), JM (129), KY (116), GP (90), CU (66), MQ (66)

## Summary

Echinometra lucunter, the rock boring urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family Echinometridae. It is found in very shallow parts of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinometra_lucunter

## Photo

![Atlantic Rock-boring Urchin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/atlantic-rock-boring-urchin/medium.jpg)

Photo: laiet17 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67813217

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/atlantic-rock-boring-urchin?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).