Species Detail - Purple Heart Urchin (Spatangus purpureus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Water Framework Directive (WFD) Benthos Monitoring (Ireland) 2012 - ongoing".
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
NHMSYS0021054286
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
sppur
O.F. Müller, 1776
Echinoderm
Species
2
2
2
02/09/2020
20/01/2022
20 January (recorded in 2022)
21 September (recorded in 2021)
Marine Institute, Water Framework Directive (WFD) Benthos Monitoring (Ireland) 2012 - ongoing, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Purple Heart Urchin (Spatangus purpureus), accessed 15 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/440/Species/286823