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title: "Rundstacheliger Seeigel"
description: "Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis — Weitere Tiere. Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, commonly known as the green sea urchin because of its characteristic green color, is a species of sea urchin commonly found in northern waters all around the world including both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans to a northerly latitude of 81 degrees and as far south as Maine (in the U.S.) and England."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/arctic-green-sea-urchin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rundstacheliger Seeigel

> Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis — Weitere Tiere. Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, commonly known as the green sea urchin because of its characteristic green color, is a species of sea urchin commonly found in northern waters all around the world including both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans to a northerly latitude of 81 degrees and as far south as Maine (in the U.S.) and England.

- Scientific name: *Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste), `arctic` (Arktis)
- iNaturalist observations: 9182
- Wikidata: [Q2187594](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2187594)
- iNaturalist taxon: [120070](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120070)

## Names

- en: Arctic Green Sea Urchin
- de: Rundstacheliger Seeigel
- fr: Oursin vert

## Countries with the most observations

CA (4814), US (3177), NO (229), RU (98), IS (83), SJ (37), GL (31), PM (23), GB (9), SE (5)

## Summary

Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, commonly known as the green sea urchin because of its characteristic green color, is a species of sea urchin commonly found in northern waters all around the world including both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans to a northerly latitude of 81 degrees and as far south as Maine (in the U.S.) and England. 
The average adult size is around 50 mm (2 in), but it has been recorded at a diameter of 87 mm (3.4 in). The green sea urchin prefers to eat seaweeds but will eat other organisms. They are eaten by a variety of predators, including sea stars, crabs, large fish, mammals, birds, and humans…

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

## Photo

![Rundstacheliger Seeigel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/arctic-green-sea-urchin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Wouter Koch · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/39538103

## Machine access

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