#4973 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Black sea urchin
🇳🇱 Zwarte zee-egel ·Arbacia lixula
🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in Europe, not in NL
📍 Općina Senj, Chorvatsko
📍 Provincia di Cosenza, Italia
📍 Frioul, Marseille, France
📍 Haute-Corse, Corse, FR
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Chris Taklis · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Sammy Kernane · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Frédéric Ducarme · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. © Frédéric Ducarme · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. © Chris Taklis · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © Helena · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Općina Senj, Chorvatsko:© Daniel Benák · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Provincia di Cosenza, Italia:© Golfopolikayak · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Frioul, Marseille, France:© Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Haute-Corse, Corse, FR:© Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The black sea urchin , Arbacia lixula is a species of sea urchin from Europe.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 5,130 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Black sea urchin
- Nederlands
- Zwarte zee-egel
- scientific name
- Arbacia lixula
- class
- Echinoidea
- order
- Arbacioida
- family
- Arbaciidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 2,960
- sightings worldwide
- 5,130
- GBIF records in NL
- 1
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 143139, Wikidata Q734226, GBIF 2278772, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.