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.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Heliocidaris erythrogramma
- Mesocentrotus nudus
- Heliocidaris tuberculata
- Arbacia lixula
- Heliocidaris crassispina
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Echinoidea
- Order
- Camarodonta
- Family
- Parechinidae
- Genus
- Paracentrotus
- Species
- Paracentrotus lividus
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