White sea urchin (Tripneustes depressus) | |
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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.