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.

Psammechinus miliaris - Shore sea urchin - Gewone zeeappel

Psammechinus miliaris   (P.L.S. Müller, 1771)

Shore sea urchin - Gewone zeeappel 

Den Osse - Nieuwe Kerkweg, the Netherlands, 30-3-2011.

Preekhilpolder, the Netherlands, 17-10-2013.

Neeltje Jans - Getijdenpoel, the Netherlands, 15-7-2006. Specimen showing gonads.

Kattendijke, the Netherlands, 17-11-2023. In vitro photo specimen A, diameter including spines 30 mm, 23-11-2023.

Kattendijke, the Netherlands, 17-11-2023. In vitro photo specimen A, 23-11-2023.

Sint-Annaland, the Netherlands, 4-8-2011. Specimen showing bulging anus.

Zoetersbout, the Netherlands, 28-4-2022.

Zoetersbout, the Netherlands, 7-5-2015. Male releasing sperm.

Loch Leven, Scotland, 7-7-2017. Specimens B. Male releasing sperm.

Loch Leven, Scotland, 7-7-2017. Specimens B. Male releasing sperm.

Ballachulish, Scotland, 5-7-2017.

Galjoen zonder poen, the Netherlands, 14-11-2012.

Sint-Annaland, the Netherlands, 8-12-2015.

Den Osse - Nieuwe Kerkweg, the Netherlands, 9-6-2017.

Ballachulish, Scotland, 5-7-2017. Eating from Laminaria hyperborea (Cuvie - Groot vingerwier).