Echinus purpuratus Stimpson 1857 (Pacific purple sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae

Belongs to Echinus according to Stimpson 1857

See also Clark and Twitchell 1915 and Grant and Hertlein 1938

Sister taxa: Echinus (Agarites), Echinus anchistus, Echinus euryporus, Echinus granularis, Echinus horridus

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Echinus purpuratus in the database

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