Paracentrotus is a genus of sea urchin in the family Parechinidae described in 1903 by Mortensen.

List of Species

ImageScientific nameDistribution
Paracentrotus gaimardi (Blainville, 1825)southeast Brazil
Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) (purple sea urchin)Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean.

External links

  • Media related to Paracentrotus at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Paracentrotus at Wikispecies