Species Detail - Edible Sea Urchin (Echinus esculentus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "SeaSearch records from Irish coastal waters".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Echinus esculentus
Edible Sea Urchin
NBNSYS0000188576
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
ecesc
Linnaeus, 1758
Echinoderm
Species
1304
148
56
19/10/2003
17/10/2021
1 January (recorded in 2013)
27 December (recorded in 2018)
Seasearch, SeaSearch records from Irish coastal waters, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Edible Sea Urchin (Echinus esculentus), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/158/Species/27637