---
title: "Sea Potato"
description: "Echinocardium cordatum — Inne zwierzęta. Echinocardium cordatum, also known as the common heart urchin or the sea potato, is a sea urchin in the family Loveniidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/sea-potato
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sea Potato

> Echinocardium cordatum — Inne zwierzęta. Echinocardium cordatum, also known as the common heart urchin or the sea potato, is a sea urchin in the family Loveniidae.

- Scientific name: *Echinocardium cordatum*
- Category: `other` (Inne zwierzęta)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 3328
- Wikidata: [Q838252](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q838252)
- iNaturalist taxon: [122232](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/122232)

## Names

- en: Sea Potato
- de: Gewöhnlicher Herzigel
- es: Papa de mar
- fr: Oursin-cœur
- nl: Zeeklit

## Countries with the most observations

GB (880), DK (254), AU (249), NZ (231), ES (185), FR (177), IE (173), NL (162), PT (119), DE (74), IT (35), BE (20)

## Summary

Echinocardium cordatum, also known as the common heart urchin or the sea potato, is a sea urchin in the family Loveniidae. It is found in subtidal regions in temperate seas throughout the world.  It lives buried in the sandy sea floor.

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

## Photo

![Sea Potato](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sea-potato/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kian Hayles-Cotton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/220450178

## Machine access

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