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title: "Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin"
description: "Paracentrotus lividus — Andere dieren. Paracentrotus lividus is a species of sea urchin in the family Parechinidae commonly known as the purple sea urchin."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/atlantic-purple-sea-urchin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin

> Paracentrotus lividus — Andere dieren. Paracentrotus lividus is a species of sea urchin in the family Parechinidae commonly known as the purple sea urchin.

- Scientific name: *Paracentrotus lividus*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 6767
- Wikidata: [Q901067](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901067)
- iNaturalist taxon: [48032](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48032)

## Names

- en: Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin
- de: Steinseeigel
- es: Erizo de mar
- fr: Oursin violet

## Countries with the most observations

ES (1662), FR (1092), PT (875), GR (521), IT (365), HR (297), AL (65), TR (50), MA (40), DZ (33), IE (33), ME (30)

## Summary

Paracentrotus lividus is a species of sea urchin in the family Parechinidae commonly known as the purple sea urchin. It is the type species of the genus and occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean.

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

## Photo

![Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/atlantic-purple-sea-urchin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Crebassa Jason · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/281600294

## Machine access

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