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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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Photo by O'Keefe, Jo

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

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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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Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific.

Pseudoboletia maculata Troschel, 1869

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Pseudoboletia maculata
[Stained collector urchin]
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Pseudocentrotus depressus
[Pink sea urchin]

Photo by Gomez, Guillermo

Eastern Atlantic and the

Sphaerechinus granularis (Lamarck, 1816)

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Sphaerechinus granularis
[]

Photo by Bos, Arthur

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

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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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Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

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

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Tripneustes gratilla
[Striped sea urchin]
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Tripneustes ventricosus
[Sea egg]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Cyrtechinus verruculatus Pacific Ocean 1864
Goniopneustes pentagonus Western Pacific 1872
Gymnechinus epistichus Western Central Pacific 1912
Lytechinus anamesus White sea urchin Eastern Central Pacific 7.5 WD 1912
Lytechinus callipeplus Western Atlantic
Lytechinus euerces Western Atlantic
Lytechinus pictus Eastern Pacific. 1867
Lytechinus variegatus Green sea urchin Western Central Atlantic 11 TL 1816
Lytechinus williamsi Western Central Atlantic 5 WD 1968
Nudechinus ambonensis Western Central Pacific 1942
Nudechinus ínconspicuus Western Central Pacific 1904
Nudechinus multicolor Western Pacific 1898
Nudechinus stictus Western Pacific 1912
Nudechinus verruculatus Eastern Central Pacific 1864
Pseudoboletia indiana Indo-Pacific 1862
Pseudoboletia maculata Stained collector urchin Indo-West Pacific. 1869
Pseudocentrotus depressus Pink sea urchin Northwest Pacific. 1863
Sphaerechinus granularis Eastern Atlantic and the 1816
Toxopneustes pileolus Flower urchin Southeast Atlantic and In 15 WD 1816
Toxopneustes roseus Eastern Pacific. 1863
Tripneustes depressus Eastern Pacific. 1863
Tripneustes esculentus Western Central Atlantic 1778
Tripneustes gratilla Striped sea urchin Indo-Pacific 10 WD 1758
Tripneustes ventricosus Sea egg Atlantic Ocean 1816



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