Description
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis grows up to 8cm in diameter with a low flat profile. Skeletal plates are greenish-brown with numerous reddish, greenish, or even violet spines that are usually white tipped.May retreat further north with rising water temperatures. Can occur in plagues or swarms which devastate kelp beds in Norway.
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Editor: Dr Harvey Tyler-Walters
Author: Dean Russel
Dean Russel 2001. Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis. Northern sea urchin. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 26/01/2011]. Available from:
