Species Detail - Purple Heart Urchin (Spatangus purpureus) - Species information displayed is based on all datasets.

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Spatangus purpureus
Purple Heart Urchin
NHMSYS0021054286 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
sppur
O.F. Müller, 1776
Echinoderm
Species
11
11
9
03/07/1985
20/01/2022
20 January (recorded in 2022)
21 September (recorded in 2021)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Purple Heart Urchin (Spatangus purpureus), accessed 21 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Species/286823

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)