Tongao, Shiela Mae J.

TF 6-7:30 pm/Section B

10 species of sea urchin

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Diadematoida
Family: Diadematidae
Genus: Diadema
Species: D. antillarum

Diadema antillarum, also known as the lime urchin, black sea urchin, Grabaskey's bane or
the long-spined sea urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the Family Diadematidae. This sea
urchin is characterized by its exceptionally long black spines.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Echinoida
Family: Strongylocentrotidae
Genus: Mesocentrotus
Species: M. franciscanus

The red sea urchin is a sea urchin found in the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California.
It lives in shallow waters from the low-tide line to greater than 100 m deep, and is typically
found on rocky shores sheltered from extreme wave action.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Euechinoidea
Superorder: Echinacea
Order: Echinoida
Family: Strongylocentrotidae
Genus: Strongylocentrotus
Species: S. purpuratus

The purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, lives along the eastern edge of the
Pacific Ocean extending from Ensenada, Mexico to British Columbia, Canada.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Euechinoidea
Order: Echinoida
Family: Strongylocentrotidae
Genus: Strongylocentrotus
Species: S. droebachiensis

Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis is commonly known as the green sea urchin because of

its characteristic green color. It is commonly found in northern waters all around the world
including both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans to a northerly latitude of 81 degrees and as far
south as the Puget Sound and England.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Superorder: Echinacea
Order: Camarodonta
Family: Parechinidae
Genus: Paracentrotus
Species: P. 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.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Arbacioida
Family: Arbaciidae
Genus: Arbacia
Species: A lixula

The black sea urchin, Arbacia lixula is a species of sea urchin from Europe.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Camarodonta
Family: Echinometridae
Genus: Echinometra
Species: E. mathaei

Echinometra mathaei, the burrowing urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family
Echinometridae. It occurs in shallow waters in the Indo-Pacific region. The type locality is
Mauritius

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Camarodonta
Family: Echinometridae
Genus: Echinometra
Species: E. viridis

Echinometra viridis, the reef urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family Echinometridae.
It is found on reefs in very shallow parts of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean
Sea.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Superorder: Echinacea
Order: Camarodonta
Family: Echinometridae
Genus: Echinometra
Species: E. lucunter

Echinometra lucunter, the rock boring urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family
Echinometridae. It is found in very shallow parts of the western Atlantic Ocean and the
Caribbean Sea

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Euechinoidea
Superorder: Euechinoidea
Order: Diadematoida
Family: Diadematidae
Genus: Echinothrix
Species: E. diadema

The diadema urchin or blue-black urchin is a species of tropical sea urchin, member
of the Diadematidae family.