European Edible Sea Urchin

European Edible Sea Urchin

Taxobox
name = European edible sea urchin


status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Echinodermata
classis = Echinoidea
ordo = Echinoida
familia = Echinidae
genus = "Echinus"
species = "E. esculentus"
binomial = "Echinus esculentus"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
synonyms =
The European edible sea urchin ("Echinus esculentus") is a species of invertebrate in the Echinidae family.

Distribution

It is found in Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

ource

* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/7011/all Echinus esculentus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 05 August 2007.


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