Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Echinoidea > Subclass Euechinoidea > Infraclass Carinacea > Subterclass Echinacea > Order Camarodonta > Infraorder Echinidea > Family Echinidae > Genus Echinus

Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Echinus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Echinus aurantiacus*		orthographic variant
*Echinus quinqueangulosus*		orthographic variant
*Echinus schwartzii*	Nilsson, 1817	orthographic variant
*Echinus auranticus*	Blainville, 1825	synonym
*Echinus globiformis*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym
*Echinus pseudomelo*	Blainville, 1825	synonym
*Echinus quinqueangulatus*	Blainville, 1825	synonym
*Echinus sphaera*	O.F. Müller, 1776	synonym
*Echinus swartzii*	Nilsson & Holst, 1817	synonym
*Echinus violaceus*	Blainville, 1825	synonym

Children

Echinus esculentus glacialis D'yakonov, 1923

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: garota de fons atlàntica sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Dutch: eetbare zeeappel; Europese eetbare zee-egel sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

English: edible sea urchin; European edible sea urchin sources: MarLIN. (2006). BIOTIC - Biological Traits Information Catalogue. Marine Life Information Network. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

Finnish: ruokamerisiili

French: oursin comestible; oursin d'Europe; oursin globuleux sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

German: essbarer Seeigel; Europäischer eßbarer Seeigel sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

Lithuanian: valgomasis jūrų ežys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: svabergsjøpiggsvin

Norwegian Bokmål: svabergsjøpiggsvin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: svabergsjøpiggsvin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: jeżowiec jadalny sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: морской еж эхинус sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: užitni morski ježek sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: erizo comestible de mar sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Swedish: ätlig sjöborre

Turkish: deniz kestanesi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Морський їжак; Морський їжак їстівний

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.
additional source	Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ. 446 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
additional source	Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp.
additional source	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124287