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title: "Erizo negro"
description: "Arbacia lixula — Otros animales. Arbacia lixula, the black sea urchin, is a species of sea urchin from Europe."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/black-sea-urchin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Erizo negro

> Arbacia lixula — Otros animales. Arbacia lixula, the black sea urchin, is a species of sea urchin from Europe.

- Scientific name: *Arbacia lixula*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 4990
- Wikidata: [Q734226](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q734226)
- iNaturalist taxon: [143139](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143139)

## Names

- en: Black sea urchin
- de: Schwarzer Seeigel
- es: Erizo negro
- fr: Oursin noir

## Countries with the most observations

GR (1017), ES (781), FR (611), HR (342), IT (328), BR (78), TR (69), ME (47), PT (40), AL (36), DZ (21), CY (12)

## Summary

Arbacia lixula, the black sea urchin, is a species of sea urchin from Europe.

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

## Photo

![Erizo negro](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-sea-urchin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Paul Braun · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239805760

## Machine access

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