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title: "Blue-spotted Urchin"
description: "Astropyga radiata — Andere dieren. Astropyga radiata, the red urchin, fire urchin, false fire urchin or blue-spotted urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family Diadematidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/blue-spotted-urchin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue-spotted Urchin

> Astropyga radiata — Andere dieren. Astropyga radiata, the red urchin, fire urchin, false fire urchin or blue-spotted urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family Diadematidae.

- Scientific name: *Astropyga radiata*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 739
- Wikidata: [Q939621](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q939621)
- iNaturalist taxon: [130510](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/130510)

## Names

- en: Blue-spotted Urchin
- de: Roter Diademseeigel
- fr: Oursin rouge

## Countries with the most observations

ID (226), PH (221), KE (69), TZ (41), MZ (16), TH (10), SC (7), MG (6), MU (5), MY (5), PG (5), SB (5)

## Summary

Astropyga radiata, the red urchin, fire urchin, false fire urchin or blue-spotted urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family Diadematidae. It is a large species with long spines and is found in the tropical Indo-Pacific region. It was first described in 1778 by the German naturalist Nathaniel Gottfried Leske.

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

## Photo

![Blue-spotted Urchin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-spotted-urchin/medium.jpg)

Photo: laiet17 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/394926358

## Machine access

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