Name
Arbacia
black sea urchin
Framing
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Echinozoa
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Euechinoidea
Infraclass: Carinacea
Genus: Arbacia
Habitat
Marine, benthic, rocky bottoms
Feeding
Herbivore
Distribution
Common in the Mediterranean
Conservation status
Abundant
Additional information
Disk-shaped. Ambulacral plates with three pairs of holes close together forming a well-defined ambulacral region. Wide membranous mouthparts.
Additional information
Bibliography
Wangensteen, Owen S., et al. "Natural or naturalized? Phylogeography suggests that the abundant sea urchin Arbacia lixula is a recent colonizer of the Mediterranean." (2012): PlosOne: e45067.