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Variegated sea urchin
Photo: Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 4.0

Variegated sea urchin

Lytechinus variegatus

Grows to
11 cm (4 in)
Family
Toxopneustidae

Where to see it

Known from Bay Islands, Belize, Bonaire, Curaçao and Mexican Caribbean.

Source: GBIF.

Often confused with

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