Gracilechinus acutus - Marine Life Encyclopedia

Gracilechinus acutus (Lamarck, 1816)

Gracilechinus acutus

Description: A regular urchin with a mixture of very long and very short spines.

Distribution: A northern species occurring in the North Sea and further north on eastern Atlantic coasts.

Distribution Map: NBN map : National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

WoRMS: Species record : World Register of Marine Species.

iNaturalist: Species account : iNaturalist World Species Observations database

Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2016). Gracilechinus acutus (Lamarck, 1816). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
https://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/species.asp?item=ZB3600 Accessed on 2025-01-16

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