Arbacia punctulata

Author
(Lamarck, 1816)
Common Names
  • Purple Sea Urchin
  • Punctuate Sea Urchin
  • Punctuate Urchin
  • Purple-spined Sea Urchin

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Arbacia punctulata
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Arbacia punctulata
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HRI-UNAM-BDMY
2
Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
225 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Massachusetts to Cuba, Bahamas
Habitat-Biology
  • seagrass
  • rubble
  • sand
  • coral reef
Microhabitat
  • cryptic fauna
  • sand
  • rock
  • coral patch
  • epifauna
References

  • Hendler, G., J. E. Miller, D. L. Pawson, and P. M. Kier. 1995. Sea Stars, Sea Urchins, and Allies: Echinoderms of Florida and the Caribbean. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.

  • Serafy, D. K., and F. J. Fell. 1985. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Echinodermata: Echinoidea. NOAA Technical Report National Marine Fisheries Service 33: 1–27.

  • Turner, R. L., and B. D. Graham. 2003. Calocidaris micans (Cidaridae) and Pseudoboletia maculata (Toxopneustidae): additions to the sea urchin fauna (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) of the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116(1): 61–81.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-30-2024.

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