---
title: "Western Pacific purple sea urchin"
description: "Heliocidaris erythrogramma — Weitere Tiere. Heliocidaris is a genus of sea urchins, part of the family Echinometridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/western-pacific-purple-sea-urchin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Western Pacific purple sea urchin

> Heliocidaris erythrogramma — Weitere Tiere. Heliocidaris is a genus of sea urchins, part of the family Echinometridae.

- Scientific name: *Heliocidaris erythrogramma*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 3479
- Wikidata: [Q1851758](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1851758)
- iNaturalist taxon: [355859](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/355859)

## Names

- en: Western Pacific purple sea urchin

## Countries with the most observations

AU (3279)

## Summary

Heliocidaris is a genus of sea urchins, part of the family Echinometridae.

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

## Photo

![Western Pacific purple sea urchin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-pacific-purple-sea-urchin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Zoltán Stekkelpak · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207128098

## Machine access

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