Animalia > Echinodermata > Echinoidea > Camarodonta > Parechinidae > Paracentrotus > Paracentrotus lividusParacentrotus lividus (Purple sea urchin; Stony sea urchin; En art søpindsvin; Erizo común; Erizo de mar; Erizo de roca; Ouriço do mar; Ouriço do mar púrpura; Oursin pierre; Oursin violet; Riccio di mare; Steenappel; Steinseeigel; Zeeappel; Zee-egel; Zeeëgel)Synonyms: Echinus complanatus; Echinus concavus; Echinus lithophagus; Echinus lividus; Echinus purpureus; Echinus vulgaris; Euryechinus lividus; Microcordyla asteriae; Strongylocentrotus lividus; Toxocidaris livida; Toxopneustes complanatus; Toxopneustes concavus; Toxopneustes lividus 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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Arcipelago delle Egadi - area marina e terrestre |
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119270 |
Italy |
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Bae Cemlyn/ Cemlyn Bay |
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107 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast |
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160731 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Fal and Helford |
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15785 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Flamborough Head |
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15597 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Isle of Portland to Studland Cliffs |
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3577 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Isles of Scilly Complex |
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66350 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Limestone Coast of South West Wales/ Arfordir Calchfaen de Orllewin Cymru |
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3940 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Loch Creran |
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3030 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Lyme Bay and Torbay |
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77215 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Moray Firth |
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373987 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol |
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341177 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Plymouth Sound and Estuaries |
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15820 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sidmouth to West Bay |
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2217 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Solent Maritime |
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27985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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South Hams |
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320 |
England, United Kingdom |
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South Wight Maritime |
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49082 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Stagnone di Marsala e Saline di Trapani - area marina e terrestre |
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8859 |
Italy |
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Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone |
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84204 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Fish predators and scavengers of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus in protected areas of the north-west Mediterranean Sea, E. Sala, Marine Biology (1997) 129: 531-539 ♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. ♦ 3Feeding ecology of the white seabream, Diplodus sargus, and the ballan wrasse, Labrus bergylta, in the Azores, Miguel Figueiredo, Telmo Morato, João P. Barreiros, Pedro Afonso, Ricardo S. Santos, Fisheries Research 75 (2005) 107–119 ♦ 4Feeding habits of Pagellus acarne (Sparidae) in the Gulf of Tunis, central Mediterranean, Rafika Fehri-Bedoui, Emna Mokrani and Oum Kalthoum Ben Hassine, Scientia Marina 73(4) December 2009, 667-678 ♦ 5The diet of the peacock wrasse, Symphodus (Crenilabrus) tinca (Labridae), in the southern coast of Tunisia, Amira OUANNES-GHORBEL and Abderrahmane BOUAIN, ACTA ADRIATICA, 47 (2): 175-182, 2006 ♦ 6Consumers of sea urchins, Paracentrotus lividus and Arbacia lixula, in shallow Mediterranean rocky reefs, Paolo Guidetti, Helgol Mar Res (2004) 58:110–116 ♦ 7Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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