Think before consuming this species, and always respect sustainable sizes and breeding seasons. Eat responsibly. Fishing is carryed out by professional fishing vessels that have a special permit for sea urchin fishing,

Non toxic

Round, greenish, flattened test. Test up to 7 cm in diameter. Spines long and sharp, dark purple to dark green in colouration. Ambulacral plates with 5-6 pairs of pores. Tube feet arranged in arcs of 5-6. Looks like: Psammechinus miliaris (shore urchin), Arbacia lixula (black sea urchin)

Contrary to its common name, purple sea urchins can be found in a multitude of colors other than purple, varying from blackish-purple, reddish-brown, dark brown, yellow-brown, light brown, and olive green!