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. 2022 Sep 28;20(10):611. doi: 10.3390/md20100611

Table 2.

Content of naphthoquinone pigments in the shells of sea urchins S. intermedius and S. mirabilis [36].

Naphthoquinone Pigments Family Species
Strongylocentrotus intermedius Scaphechinus mirabilis
Content of Main Spinochromes, % of Pigment Sum
Echinochrome A - 89.1 ± 8.7
Spinochrome A 3.3 ± 0.3 -
Spinochrome B 4.0 ± 1.3 -
Spinochrome C 9.2 ± 1.5 -
Spinochrome D 16.5 ± 5.7 1.8 ± 0.9
Spinochrome E 3.1 ± 1.6 -