Strongylocentrotus is a genus of sea urchins in the family Strongylocentrotidae containing several species.
The World Register of Marine Species includes:
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Strongylocentrotus djakonovi Baranova, 1957 | Bering Sea | ||
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (Müller, 1776) | green sea urchin | the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans to a northerly latitude of 81 degrees and as far south as the Puget Sound (Washington State) and England | |
Strongylocentrotus intermedius (Agassiz, 1863) | Sea of Japan, Pacific Ocean | ||
Strongylocentrotus pallidus (Sars, 1871) | Norway, off Russia from the Barents Sea down to the central part of the Sea of Japan | ||
Strongylocentrotus polyacanthus Agassiz and H. L. Clark, 1907 | off Simushir Island | ||
Strongylocentrotus pulchellus Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907 | Gulf of Jantary, SW coast of Sachalin | ||
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Stimpson, 1857) | purple sea urchin | Pacific Ocean extending from Ensenada, Mexico to British Columbia, Canada. | |