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Family: Toxopneustidae



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24 species (see list below)
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Cyrtechinus verruculatus
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Goniopneustes pentagonus
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Gymnechinus epistichus
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Max. Length 7.5 cm WD
 
Lytechinus anamesus
[White sea urchin]
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Lytechinus callipeplus
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Lytechinus euerces
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Lytechinus pictus
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O'Keefe, Jo

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 11 cm TL
Lytechinus variegatus(Lamarck, 1816)

Photo by O'Keefe, Jo
 
Lytechinus variegatus
[Green sea urchin]
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Max. Length 5 cm WD
 
Lytechinus williamsi
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Nudechinus ambonensis
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Nudechinus ínconspicuus
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Nudechinus multicolor
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Nudechinus stictus
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Nudechinus verruculatus
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Pseudoboletia indiana
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific.

Pseudoboletia maculataTroschel, 1869

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Pseudoboletia maculata
[Stained collector urchin]
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Pseudocentrotus depressus
[Pink sea urchin]

Gomez, Guillermo

Eastern Atlantic and the

Sphaerechinus granularis(Lamarck, 1816)

Photo by Gomez, Guillermo
 
Sphaerechinus granularis
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Bos, Arthur

Southeast Atlantic and In
Max. Length 15 cm WD
Toxopneustes pileolus(Lamarck, 1816)

Photo by Bos, Arthur
 
Toxopneustes pileolus
[Flower urchin]
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Toxopneustes roseus
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Tripneustes depressus
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Tripneustes esculentus
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Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm WD
Tripneustes gratilla(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Tripneustes gratilla
[Striped sea urchin]
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Tripneustes ventricosus
[Sea egg]


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