Green sea urchin
Psammechinus miliaris
Image width ca XX cm.
Image: Sue Daly
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Psammechinus miliaris Green sea urchin |
Psammechinus miliaris Image width ca XX cm. Image: Sue Daly |
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Phylum | Echinodermata |
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Class | Echinoidea |
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Habitat Information |
| Found intertidally on rocky shores under stones, boulders and seaweeds especially Laminaria saccharina. Also found subtidally in seagrass beds or on mixed coarse bottoms such as muddy sand and gravel. |
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Species description |
| An almost round, slightly flattened urchin that grows up to 57 mm in diameter (although more typically to 35 mm diameter). It is greenish in colour with distinctive violet tips to the spines. The spines are robust, short and closely packed. |
| PMF archive information |
| Unavailable |
| Species name is listed in the PMF at the following locations: |
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>Shores of Salcombe Harbour Wembury bay Wembury Church Reef Yealm |
Links to the MarLIN Biology and Sensitivity Key-information pages | |||||
| Taxonomy & Identification |
General Biology | Habitat Preference & Distribution | Sensitivity & Recoverability | Importance | |