Purple sea urchins (Paracentrotus lividus) in a natural environment (France). Oursins violets en milieu naturel (France).
A purple sea urchin colony (Paracentrotus lividus) in its natural environment (Atlantic coast - Landes - France). Their spines, inch in length, thick and smooth, are either purple or green, brown, white. These Echinoids are found in the Atlantic up to the Channel Islands, West Ireland as well as in the Mediterranean Sea. Colonie d'oursins violets (Paracentrotus lividus) en milieu naturel (Littoral Atlantique - Landes 40 - France). Les piquants de 3 cm de longueur, épais et lisses, sont de couleur violette, verte, brune, voire blanche. On trouve ces Echinidés dans l'Atlantique jusqu'aux Iles Anglo-Normandes et l'ouest de l'Irlande, ainsi qu'en Méditerranée.
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