Species Detail - Purple Heart Urchin (Spatangus purpureus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Sponges of Rathlin Island".
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
1
1
1
03/07/1985
03/07/1985
20 January (recorded in 2022)
21 September (recorded in 2021)
Ulster Museum, Sponges of Rathlin Island, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Purple Heart Urchin (Spatangus purpureus), accessed 22 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/48/Species/286823