Ile de Groix, France, 20 meters, ML
Source : World Register of Marine Species
Biota (Superdomain)
Animalia (Kingdom)
Echinodermata (Phylum)
Echinozoa (Subphylum)
Echinoidea (Class)
Euechinoidea (Subclass)
Irregularia (Infraclass)
Atelostomata (Subterclass)
Spatangoida (Order)
Brissidina (Suborder)
Spatangoidea (Superfamily)
Spatangidae (Family)
Spatangus (Genus)
Spatangus purpureus (Species)
Text : Anne Bay-Nouailhat © 2007 - 2025.
Photos : ©
Maurice Loir. Published with his kind permission.
Websites and reference works : Consult bibliography
Image satellite: © Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS User Community.
Données de distribution : Spatangus purpureus O.F. Müller, 1776 in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-09-18.
Source : World Register of Marine Species
Biota (Superdomain)
Animalia (Kingdom)
Echinodermata (Phylum)
Echinozoa (Subphylum)
Echinoidea (Class)
Euechinoidea (Subclass)
Irregularia (Infraclass)
Atelostomata (Subterclass)
Spatangoida (Order)
Brissidina (Suborder)
Spatangoidea (Superfamily)
Spatangidae (Family)
Spatangus (Genus)
Spatangus purpureus (Species)
Text : Anne Bay-Nouailhat © 2007 - 2025.
Photos : ©
Maurice Loir. Published with his kind permission.
Websites and reference works : Consult bibliography
Bay-Nouailhat A., December 2007, Description of Spatangus purpureus, [On line] https://european-marine-life.org/30/spatangus-purpureus.php, consulted on 2025 September 18.
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