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Echinus esculentus European Edible Sea Urchin

Echinus esculentus is commonly referred to as European Edible Sea Urchin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
1306 
AphiaID:
124287 
Scientific:
Echinus esculentus 
German:
Eßbarer Seeigel 
English:
European Edible Sea Urchin 
Category:
Ricci 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Echinidae (Family) > Echinus (Genus) > esculentus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Linnaeus, 1758 
Occurrence:
the North Sea, Belgium, European Coasts, France, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Kattegat (Baltic Sea), Netherlands, North Atlantic Ocean, Northeast Atlantic, Norway, Portugal, Spitsbergen /Svalbard, Sweden, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 100 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
17,6 cm 
Temperature:
7,5 °F - 12,4 °F (7,5°C - 12,4°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Barnacles, Bryozoans (sea mats), Detritus, Hydrozoa polyps, omnivore, Sea squirts, Sponges, Zoobenthos 
Tank:
65.99 gal (~ 300L)  
Difficulty:
Cold water animal 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Lower risk / conservation dependent (LR) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-01-28 11:06:40 

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Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names
Cidaris esculenta (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Cidaris hemisphaerica Leske, 1778 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus aurantiacus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Echinus auranticus Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus eſculentus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (incorrect original spelling (ICZN...)
Echinus globiformis Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus pseudomelo Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus pseudo-melo Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (incorrect original spelling...)
Echinus quinquangulosus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Echinus quinqueangulatus Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus quinqueangulosus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Echinus schwartzii Nilsson, 1817 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Echinus sphaera O.F. Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus swartzii Nilsson & Holst, 1817 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus violaceus Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Sphærechinus esculentus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)

Direct children (9)
Subspecies Echinus esculentus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Echinus esculentus fuscus Mortensen, 1903
Subspecies Echinus esculentus glacialis D'yakonov, 1923
Subspecies Echinus esculentus depressa Süssbach & Breckner, 1910 accepted as Echinus esculentus fuscus Mortensen, 1903 (subjective junior synonym)
Variety Echinus esculentus var. fuscus Mortensen, 1903 accepted as Echinus esculentus fuscus Mortensen, 1903 (accepted at subspecies rank)
Variety Echinus esculentus var. glacialis D'yakonov, 1923 accepted as Echinus esculentus glacialis D'yakonov, 1923 (accepted at subspecies rank)
Variety Echinus esculentus var. tenuispina Norman, 1868 accepted as Echinus tenuispinus Norman, 1868 (incorrect declination of infraspecific name)
Variety Echinus esculentus var. tenuispinus Norman, 1868 accepted as Echinus tenuispinus Norman, 1868 (accepted at species rank)

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 28.01.2026.
  2. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 28.01.2026.

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Echinus esculentus, Finistère, Bretagne, FR 2019
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Chrysokoll
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am 29.01.07#1
Echinnus esculentus (Essbarer Seeigel)
Echinnus Acutus (aus dem Mittelmeer) sieht so Ähnlich aus.
Vorkommen: Nordostatlantik = Süd-Norwegen bis Portugal. 1 - 50 Meter in Sonnen- bis Mittellichtzone aber im Schatten.
Die Seeigel leben alleine oder in dichten Gruppen (Seetangwälder). Bis 20 cm Groß.
Frist alle Algenarten und alles tierisches, welches nicht schnell genug weg ist. Ein Fels wird komplett kahl gefressen, da die Seeigeln gerade zu den Fels abschaben.
Essbarer Seeigel, da vor allem die Franzosen die Keimstöcke als Delikatesse essen.
16 bis 22 Grad.
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