Tripneustes depressus

White sea urchin (Tripneustes depressus)
White Sea Urchin (Tripneustes depressus) at the Galapagos Islands
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Temnopleuroida
Family: Toxopneustidae
Genus: Tripneustes
Species: T. depressus
Binomial name
Tripneustes depressus
(A. Agassiz, 1863)

Tripneustes depressus, the white sea urchin, is found in the Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean.[1]

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