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Created 11/3/2013

Family Echinometridae

TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC

Echinometra viridis

Higg's Reef, Key West, 15 feet

REEF URCHIN

Uncommon in crevices within dead coral at any depth.  Base of spines ringed with white.  Attains test diameter of 2 inches, spines 1.5 inch.  Florida to Venezuela & the Gulf of Mexico.