Strongylocentrotus is a genus of sea urchins in the family Strongylocentrotidae containing several species.
Species The World Register of Marine Species includes: Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Strongylocentrotus djakonovi Baranova, 1957 Bering Sea Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (Müller, 1776) green sea urchin the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans to a northerly latitude of 81 degrees and as far south as the Puget Sound (Washington State) and England Strongylocentrotus fragilis Jackson, 1912 Strongylocentrotus intermedius (Agassiz, 1863) Sea of Japan, Pacific Ocean Strongylocentrotus pallidus (Sars, 1871) Norway, off Russia from the Barents Sea down to the central part of the Sea of Japan Strongylocentrotus polyacanthus Agassiz and H. L. Clark, 1907 off Simushir Island Strongylocentrotus pulchellus Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907 Gulf of Jantary, SW coast of Sachalin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Stimpson, 1857) purple sea urchin Pacific Ocean extending from Ensenada, Mexico to British Columbia, Canada.
See also Flabesymbios commensalis
References
External links The sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus genomic data base from California Institute of Technology