Species Detail - Purple Heart Urchin (Spatangus purpureus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Marine sites, habitats and species data collected during the BioMar survey of Ireland.".
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).
Spatangus purpureus
Purple Heart Urchin
NHMSYS0001908919
UnverifiedUnverified
N/A
sppur
O. F. Müller, 1776
echinoderm
Species
7
7
6
23/08/1993
12/08/1996
21 April (recorded in 1994)
21 September (recorded in 2021)
Trinity College, Marine sites, habitats and species data collected during the BioMar survey of Ireland., National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Purple Heart Urchin (Spatangus purpureus), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/258/Species/27695>