Arbacia punctulata

Arbacia punctulata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Arbacioida
Family: Arbaciidae
Genus: Arbacia
Species:
A. punctulata
Binomial name
Arbacia punctulata
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms
  • Anapesus carolinus Holmes, 1860
  • Echinocidaris davisii A. Agassiz, 1863
  • Echinocidaris punctulata (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Echinus punctulatus Lamarck, 1816

The Atlantic purple sea urchin (Arbacia punctulata) is a species of sea urchins from the family Arbaciidae, native to the Atlantic Ocean.

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