Echinus esculentus - Edible sea urchin - Eetbare zeeappel

Echinus esculentus  Linnaeus, 1758

Edible sea urchin - Eetbare zeeappel

Porthkerris, United Kingdom, 9-9-2013. Specimen A.

Porthkerris, United Kingdom, 29-5-2018. Specimen B with Phycodrys rubens  (Sea oak - Eikenbladwier).

Porthkerris, United Kingdom, 29-5-2018. Specimen B with Phycodrys rubens  (Sea oak - Eikenbladwier).

Inner Lee's wreck - Empire Tana, Strangford Lough, Northern-Ireland, United Kingdom, 22-7-2011.

Pointe de Trévignon, Bretagne, France, 15-5-2012.

Porthkerris, United Kingdom, 13-9-2013.

Sound of Shuna, Scotland, 2-7-2017. With Psammechinus miliaris  (Shore sea urchin - Gewone zeeappel) and part of Asterias rubens  (Common starfish - Gewone zeester).

Ballachulish, Scotland, 5-7-2017. With Protanthea simplex  (Sea loch anemone). 

Sound of Shuna, Scotland, 2-7-2017. Specimen C.

Sound of Shuna, Scotland, 2-7-2017. Specimen C.

Ballachulish, Scotland, 5-7-2017. 

Gülen - marina bay, Norway, 5-7-2023.

Inner Lee's wreck - Empire Tana, Strangford Lough, Northern-Ireland, United Kingdom, 22-7-2011.

Inner Lee's wreck - Empire Tana, Strangford Lough, Northern-Ireland, United Kingdom, 22-7-2011. With Asterias rubens  (Common starfish - Gewone zeester).

Inner Lee's wreck - Empire Tana, Strangford Lough, Northern-Ireland, United Kingdom, 22-7-2011. With Marthasterias glacialis  (Spiny starfish - IJszeester). 

Indra Dørvika, Lysefjord, Norway, 12-7-2023. Juvenile.

Inner Lee's wreck - Empire Tana, Strangford Lough, Northern-Ireland, United Kingdom, 19-7-2011.

Porthkerris, United Kingdom, 9-9-2013. Specimen A.

Porthkerris, United Kingdom, 29-5-2018. Specimen B.

Phycodrys rubens - Sea oak - Eikenbladwier

Phycodrys rubens  (Linnaeus) Batters, 1902

Sea oak - Eikenbladwier

Saint John’s Point, Killultan, Ireland, 27-7-2011.

Saint John’s Point, Killultan, Ireland, 27-7-2011.

Jåsund - lloga, Norway, 16-7-2023. Specimen A.

Jåsund - lloga, Norway, 16-7-2023. Detail specimen A.

Washed ashore at Anse de Kertanguy, Brittany, France, 12-6-1990 (note: Anse de Kertanguy is not part of Crozon). Photo of specimen of herbarium Ben (B.G.) Otten, 6-7-2012.