Invertebrateverified

Tripneustes ventricosus

(Lamarck, 1816)

West Indian Sea Egg

Also known as: White Urchin, Sea Egg

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Taxonomy

Class

Echinoidea

Order

Camarodonta

Family

Toxopneustidae

Where to find it

common

GrenadaSaint Kitts and Nevis

occasional

Anguilla

rare

Antigua and BarbudaArubaDominican RepublicMartiniqueSaint Lucia

Other species in Toxopneustidae

Tripneustes gratilla

Bischofsmützenseeigel

Lytechinus variegatus

Variable Sea Urchin

Sphaerechinus granularis

Violet Sea Urchin