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Echinus esculentus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA ECHINODERMATA ECHINOIDEA CAMARODONTA ECHINIDAE

Scientific Name: Echinus esculentus
Species Authority: Linnaeus, 1758
Common Name/s:
English – European Edible Sea Urchin

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3
Year Published: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Reviewer/s:
Contributor/s:
History:
1994 – Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Insufficiently Known (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Insufficiently Known (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986 – Insufficiently Known (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Belgium; Denmark; France; Ireland; Netherlands; Norway; Portugal; Spain; Sweden; United Kingdom
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Native:
Atlantic – northeast
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Marine
Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Echinus esculentus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 June 2013.
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