European Edible Sea Urchin

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European edible sea urchin

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Echinoida
Family: Echinidae
Genus: Echinus
Species: E. esculentus
Binomial name
Echinus esculentus
Linnaeus, 1758

The European edible sea urchin (Echinus esculentus) is a species of invertebrate in the Echinidae family.

[edit] Distribution

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

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