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White Sea Urchin

Lytechinus pictus

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Lytechinus pictus, commonly known as the painted urchin, is a sea urchin in the family Toxopneustidae. It occurs on shallow reefs in the tropical and subtropical eastern Pacific Ocean, off the coasts of California, Central America and South America as far south as Ecuador.

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United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided