DiscoverSpeciesOther invertebrates
Colobocentrotus (Podophora) atratus
- Usual depth11 m
- Water temperature25–29 °C
- Best monthsSeptember
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 5 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 5 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 25 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 11 m · Deepest record: 548.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–29 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Celobocentrotus atratus, Cidaris atratus, Colobocentrotus atrata, Colobocentrotus atratus, Echinometra atra, Echinometra atrata, Echinometra quoyi, Echinus atratus, Echinus quoy, Echinus quoyi, Podophora atrata, Podophora atratus, Podophora quoyi
Similar species
Rock-boring urchinEchinometra mathaei
Western Pacific purple sea urchinHeliocidaris erythrogramma
Oblong Sea UrchinEchinometra oblonga
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 278 open-data records from 1758 to 2005.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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