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title: "Green Sea Urchin"
description: "Psammechinus miliaris — Other animals. Psammechinus miliaris is a species of sea urchin in the family Parechinidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/green-sea-urchin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Green Sea Urchin

> Psammechinus miliaris — Other animals. Psammechinus miliaris is a species of sea urchin in the family Parechinidae.

- Scientific name: *Psammechinus miliaris*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 2041
- Wikidata: [Q226135](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q226135)
- iNaturalist taxon: [210280](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/210280)

## Names

- en: Green Sea Urchin
- de: Strand-Seeigel
- fr: Oursin vert
- nl: Kleine zeeappel
- pl: Jeżak brzegowy

## Countries with the most observations

GB (733), FR (362), NL (173), PT (64), DK (55), IE (52), JE (46), BE (37), ES (25), DE (13), SE (13), NO (8)

## Summary

Psammechinus miliaris is a species of sea urchin in the family Parechinidae. It is sometimes known as the green sea urchin or shore sea urchin. It is found in shallow areas of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea.

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

## Photo

![Green Sea Urchin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-sea-urchin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kian Hayles-Cotton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/215984149

## Machine access

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