Paracentrotus

Paracentrotus is a genus of sea urchin in the family Parechinidae described in 1903 by Mortensen.

Paracentrotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Camarodonta
Family:	Parechinidae
Genus:	Paracentrotus Mortensen, 1903[1]
Type species
Paracentrotus lividus

List of Species

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Paracentrotus gaimardi (Blainville, 1825)	southeast Brazil
	Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) (purple sea urchin)	Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean.