---
title: "Purple-brown Urchin"
description: "Arbacia punctulata — Andere dieren. The Atlantic purple sea urchin (Arbacia punctulata) is a species of sea urchins from the family Arbaciidae, native to the Atlantic Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/purple-brown-urchin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Purple-brown Urchin

> Arbacia punctulata — Andere dieren. The Atlantic purple sea urchin (Arbacia punctulata) is a species of sea urchins from the  family Arbaciidae, native to the Atlantic Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Arbacia punctulata*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1522
- Wikidata: [Q2446731](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2446731)
- iNaturalist taxon: [120866](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120866)

## Names

- en: Purple-brown Urchin

## Countries with the most observations

US (854), MX (15)

## Summary

The Atlantic purple sea urchin (Arbacia punctulata) is a species of sea urchins from the  family Arbaciidae, native to the Atlantic Ocean.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Cody Vue · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/223393844

## Machine access

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