Genus of sea urchins
Strongylocentrotus is a genus of sea urchins in the family Strongylocentrotidae containing several species.
Species
The World Register of Marine Species includes:[1]
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Scientific name |
Common Name |
Distribution
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Strongylocentrotus djakonovi Baranova, 1957 |
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Bering Sea
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Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (Müller, 1776) |
green sea urchin |
the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans to a northerly latitude of 81 degrees and as far south as the Puget Sound (Washington State) and England
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Strongylocentrotus intermedius (Agassiz, 1863) |
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Sea of Japan, Pacific Ocean
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Strongylocentrotus pallidus (Sars, 1871) |
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Norway, off Russia from the Barents Sea down to the central part of the Sea of Japan
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Strongylocentrotus polyacanthus Agassiz and H. L. Clark, 1907 |
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off Simushir Island
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Strongylocentrotus pulchellus Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907 |
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Gulf of Jantary, SW coast of Sachalin
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Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Stimpson, 1857) |
purple sea urchin |
Pacific Ocean extending from Ensenada, Mexico to British Columbia, Canada.
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