Urchin
Purple sea urchin
Paracentrotus lividus
A dark purple to blackish urchin of rock pools and shallow reefs in the south and west, often sitting in a shallow pit it has worn into the rock. Longer spines than the green urchin; found on south-western and Irish coasts, absent from the North Sea.
Usually seen at
6-23 m (median 12 m)
Size
Medium (10–50 cm)
Habitat
Rocky crevice
Behaviour
On bottom, Hiding
Where it's seen
Occurrence records around the UK & north-east Atlantic (OBIS). The ringed marker is the PEBL filming site.
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