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About. The purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, lives along the eastern edge of the Pacific Ocean extending from Ensenada, Mexico to British Columbia, Canada. This sea urchin species is deep purple in color and lives in lower intertidal and nearshore subtidal communities.It normally grows to a diameter of about 4 inches and may live as long as 70 years. Read more at Wikipedia. This entry is from. , the user-contributed encyclopedia.his sea urchin species is deep purple in color and lives in lower intertidal and nearshore subtidal communities. It normally grows to a diameter of about 4 inches and may live as long as 70 years. Read more at Wikipedia. This entry is from. , the user-contributed encyclopedia.
When a sea star strives to get near an urchin, the urchin moves its spines aside and lets the sea star's arm get really close. Then the pincers chomp on the sea star's tube feet. The sea star immediately backs off. However, purple sea urchins' pincers can't defend against sunflower stars. If a sunflower star approaches, an urchin waves its spines and pincers and retreats. If the urchin doesn't move away fast enough, the sunflower star swallows the urchin whole.