The Echinoid Directory

Psammechinus miliaris (Müller, 1771)
	Common name: English - Shore urchin, Green sea urchin, German - Strand-Seeigel, French - Oursin grimpeur, Oursin des rochers, Petit oursin vert Systematics: Parechinidae, Echinoida Distribution: Atlantic Ocean Diet: Omnivorous, drift algae, encrusting organisms Feeding type: Grazer Habitat: On sand, gravel, and rocks Depth range: Littoral - 100 m Maximum test size: 50 mm Behaviour: Epifaunal
3D model (interactive)	Model
3D model (static)	Aboral, lateral and oral views
MRI pictures	MRI image slices
Illustrations from literature	Internal anatomy - taken from Bonnet (1925)
More images	http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/echinoid-directory/taxa/taxon.jsp?id=984
Technical information	Specimen ID: - Expedition: freshly fixed specimen collected by Biologische Anstalt Helgoland (BAH) Collected in: 2006, near Helgoland island, North Sea Collected by: BAH Identified by: BAH Specimen test size: 1.7 cm Scanning location: Würzburg 17.6T Scanning solution: Formalin + Magnevist MRI dataset resolution: (44 µm)³
Literature cited	Bonnet, A. 1925. Recherches sur l'appareil digestif et absorbent de quelques echinides reguliers. Annales de l'Institut Oceanographique 2(2).

Psammechinus miliaris (Müller, 1771)