Description

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Taxonomy

kingdom: Animals (Animalia) 3656 observations
phylum: Echinoderms (Echinodermata) 48 observations
class: Sea Urchins, Sand Dollars, And Heart Urchins (Echinoidea) 13 observations
order: (Camarodonta) 4 observations
family: (Strongylocentrotidae) 1 observation
genus: (Strongylocentrotus) 1 observation
species: Pacific Purple Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) 1 observation

Species Interactions

The species with links are species that have observations.

Eats

Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)
(Cryptopleura)
(Laurencia)
Common Coralline (Corallina officinalis)
Bryozoans (Bryozoa)
Japanese Wireweed (Sargassum muticum)
Sea Lettuces (Ulva)
Torrey's Surfgrass (Phyllospadix torreyi)
Sponges (Porifera)
Dead Man's Fingers (Codium fragile)
Puff-ball Algae (Colpomenia)
Y-branched Algae (Dictyota)
(Prionitis lanceolata)
Sea Grapes (Botryocladia pseudodichotoma)
Feather Boa Kelp (Egregia menziesii)
(Detritus)
Stalked Kelp (Pterygophora californica)
Brown Bryozoan (Bugula neritina)
Smooth Urn Sponge (Leucilla nuttingi)
(Chelyosoma productum)
(Bugula californica)
Lightbulb Tunicates (Clavelina)
(Archidistoma)
Elephant Ear Tunicate (Polyclinum planum)
Yellow Social Ascidian (Pycnoclavella stanleyi)
Wrinkled Sea Mats (Didemnum)
Tunic-band Compound Tunicate (Euherdmania claviformis)
(Styela montereyensis)
(Desmarestia ligulata)
Agarweed (Gelidium robustum)
(Thalamoporella californica)
(Dictyopteris undulata)
(Macroalgae)
(Barentsia)
(Costazia)
(Rhodymenia pacifica)
(Rhodymenia californica)
(Scinaia confusa)
(Neoagardhiella baileyi)
(Weeksia)
(Nienburgia andersoniana)
(Spheciospongia confoederata)
(Neoptilota)
White Tuft Bryozoans (Crisia occidentalis)
(Phycodrys setchellii)
(Acrosorium uncinatum)
(Pterosiphonia dendroidea)
(Cladophora graminea)
(Phidolopora labiata)
(Lithothrix)
(Sarcodiotheca furcata)
(Laurencia spectabilis)
(Tethya aurantium)
Beanweed (Scytosiphon lomentaria)
(Urochordata)
(Iridaea vincent)
(Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta)
(Bossiella orbigniana)
(Botryoglossum farlowianum)
(Taonia)
(Calliarthron cheilosporioides)
(Gracilaria)
Southern Sea Palm (Eisenia arborea)
(Chondracanthus spinosus)
(Gigartina corymbifera)
Oar Weed (Laminaria farlowii)
(Cystoseira osmundacea)
(Stenogramme interrupta)
Red Sea Fan (Callophyllis flabellulata)
Crisscross Network (Polyneura latissima)

Preys on

Common Coralline (Corallina officinalis)
Sea Lettuces (Ulva)
Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)
Torrey's Surfgrass (Phyllospadix torreyi)
Y-branched Algae (Dictyota)
Feather Boa Kelp (Egregia menziesii)
Dead Man's Fingers (Codium fragile)
Puff-ball Algae (Colpomenia)
Bryozoans (Bryozoa)
(Cryptopleura)
(Prionitis lanceolata)
(Laurencia)
Sponges (Porifera)
Sea Grapes (Botryocladia pseudodichotoma)
Japanese Wireweed (Sargassum muticum)
(Bossiella orbigniana)
(Cladophora graminea)
(Sarcodiotheca furcata)
(Rhodymenia pacifica)
(Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta)
Beanweed (Scytosiphon lomentaria)
Crisscross Network (Polyneura latissima)
(Calliarthron cheilosporioides)
(Macroalgae)
(Thalamoporella californica)
Agarweed (Gelidium robustum)
(Scinaia confusa)
(Acrosorium uncinatum)
(Neoagardhiella baileyi)
(Laurencia spectabilis)
White Tuft Bryozoans (Crisia occidentalis)
Lightbulb Tunicates (Clavelina)
Wrinkled Sea Mats (Didemnum)
Elephant Ear Tunicate (Polyclinum planum)
Tunic-band Compound Tunicate (Euherdmania claviformis)
Stalked Kelp (Pterygophora californica)
(Bugula californica)
(Rhodymenia californica)
Red Sea Fan (Callophyllis flabellulata)
(Archidistoma)
(Spheciospongia confoederata)
(Gigartina corymbifera)
(Ptilota)
(Desmarestia ligulata)
Brown Bryozoan (Bugula neritina)
(Pterosiphonia dendroidea)
(Chelyosoma productum)
(Dictyopteris undulata)
Smooth Urn Sponge (Leucilla nuttingi)
Southern Sea Palm (Eisenia arborea)
(Botryoglossum farlowianum)
(Styela montereyensis)
(Rhodoptilum)
(Lithothrix)
(Taonia)
(Stenogramme interrupta)
(Iridaea vincent)
(Phidolopora labiata)
(Barentsia)
(Urochordata)
(Phycodrys setchellii)
Yellow Social Ascidian (Pycnoclavella stanleyi)
Oar Weed (Laminaria farlowii)
(Costazia)
(Weeksia)
(Cystoseira osmundacea)
(Chondracanthus spinosus)
(Neoptilota)
(Gracilaria)
(Tethya aurantium)
(Nienburgia andersoniana)

Eaten by

California Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus)
(Cancer)
Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
Southern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris nereis)
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
(Tealia coriacea)
California Sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher)
Leather Star (Dermasterias imbricata)
Kellet's Whelk (Kelletia kelletii)
(Astrometis sertulifera)
White Sea Urchin (Lytechinus anamesus)
Striped Surfperch (Embiotoca lateralis)
Black Surfperch (Embiotoca jacksoni)
Pile Surfperch (Rhacochilus vacca)
Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)
(Tealia lofotensis)
(Corvus caurinus)

Preyed upon by

(Cancer)
California Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus)
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
(Tealia lofotensis)
Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)
Leather Star (Dermasterias imbricata)
Black Surfperch (Embiotoca jacksoni)
White Sea Urchin (Lytechinus anamesus)
Pile Surfperch (Rhacochilus vacca)
California Sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher)
Kellet's Whelk (Kelletia kelletii)
Striped Surfperch (Embiotoca lateralis)
(Astrometis sertulifera)
(Tealia coriacea)

Species interaction data comes from GloBI.

More Information

iNaturalist taxa

Global Ocean Surface Ecosystem Alliance (GO-SEA)

species: Pacific Purple Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)

1 Observation