Echinidae () |
17.6 cm WD (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 8 years |
benthic; marine; depth range 0 - 100 m |
Northeast Atlantic: From Svalbard, UK and the Faeroes, east to the North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat to Finnmark, Norway, north to Greenland and Iceland and south to Portugal. Temperate to polar. |
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It is found on the upper subtidal, and intertidally on low spring tides from depths of 0 to 100 meters. They graze and feed on a variety of plant and animal material (Ref. 96312). |
(LR/nt); Date assessed: 01 August 1996 Ref. 123251)
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Known from the Greenland coast (Ref. 118471). C: Ref. 118471. |
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