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Echinus esculentus
Common sea urchin, Edible sea urchin
Essbarer Seeigel






Specimen photographed in Kristineberg Marine Station, Fiskebäckskil (Lysekil, Sweden) on July 1, 2008.


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Widely distributed in the North and East Sea
. Atlantic Ocean from Iceland to Portugal. Not recorded from the Mediterranean Sea.



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