Species under Spatangus
n= 5
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Spatangus californicus
Clark, 1917
California heart urchin Eastern Central Pacific
Spatangus inermis
Mortensen, 1913
Mediterranean Sea
Spatangus mathesoni
McKnight, 1968
Matheson’s heart urchin Southwest Pacific
Spatangus multispinus
Mortensen, 1925
Purple-heart urchin Southwest Pacific
Spatangus purpureus
unspecified
Violet heart urchin Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
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