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Variable Sea Urchin (Lytechinus variegatus)
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Lytechinus variegatus

(Lamarck, 1816)

Variable Sea Urchin

Also known as: Variegated Sea Urchin, Variegated Urchin, Green Sea Urchin

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Taxonomy

Class

Echinoidea

Order

Camarodonta

Family

Toxopneustidae

Where to find it

common

Panama

Other species in Toxopneustidae

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Tripneustes gratilla

Bischofsmützenseeigel

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Tripneustes ventricosus

West Indian Sea Egg

Violet Sea Urchin (Sphaerechinus granularis)

Sphaerechinus granularis

Violet Sea Urchin

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