Tripneustes depressus, the white sea urchin[2] or sea egg,[3] is a species of sea urchin in the family Toxopneustidae. It is found on the seabed in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean including Mexico, Panama, Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands.
^ abKroh, Andreas (2018). "Tripneustes depressus A. Agassiz, 1863". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
^"Details for: White Sea Urchin". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
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is very little difference in morphology between T. depressus, Tripneustes gratilla and Tripneustes ventricosus; they are suspected of being the same species...
and throughout the Indo-Pacific. Tripneustes gratilla Tripneustes ventricosus Tripneustesdepressus Fossil Tripneustes parkinsoni (Burdigalian, Muséum...
anamesus [Wikidata] Salmacis sphaeroides [Wikidata] Tripneustesdepressus, found in the Pacific Ocean Tripneustes ventricosus, found in the Caribbean Sea This...
(Heterocentrotus mamillatus) A wrasse finishing the remains of a damaged Tripneustes gratilla The spines, long and sharp in some species, protect the urchin...
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