Rock Urchin

Paracentrotus lividus

1,770Records since 2000

JunePeak month

37Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan47

Feb56

Mar94

Apr139

May170

Jun306

Jul218

Aug136

Sep287

Oct208

Nov76

Dec33

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Devon	England	136
2	Ards and North Down	Northern Ireland	57
3	Cornwall	England	56
4	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	51
5	Isles of Scilly	England	50
6	Highland	Scotland	27
7	Plymouth	England	26
8	Dorset	England	25
9	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	24
10	Swansea	Wales	24
11	Pembrokeshire	Wales	22
12	East Lothian	Scotland	22
13	Fife	Scotland	22
14	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	16
15	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	16

5 England9 Scotland8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 37 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 1,770
Peak month: June
Counties with records: 37
Scientific name: Paracentrotus lividus
Group: Starfish and sea urchins
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 1,276
Most recorded in: Devon, Ards and North Down, Cornwall, Dumfries and Galloway, Isles of Scilly
Conservation designations: Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Camarodonta
Family: Parechinidae
Genus: Paracentrotus
Name with authority: Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816)
Described: 1816
Contributing datasets: 13