Florent's Guide To The

Eastern Pacific Reefs

White Sea Urchin
Tripneustes depressus
White Sea Urchin
Also known as: Brown Sea urchin
Category: Sea Urchins
Scientific Name: Tripneustes depressus
Size: Up to to 5 in. (13 cm)  
Distribution: Gulf of California, Pacific Coast of Mexico to Panama
Echinodermata (Phylum)
└Echinozoa (Subphylum)
 └Echinoidea (Class)
  └Euechinoidea (Subclass)
   └Camarodonta (Order)
    └Toxopneustidae (Family)
     └Tripneustes (Genus)
      └T. depressus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 513619🔗
iNaturalist ID: 67762🔗

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