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Updated 5/29/2014

Family Toxopneustidae

NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Lytechinus pictus

Emerald Bay, Catalina, California, 25 feet

Emerald Bay, Catalina, California, 25 feet

WHITE URCHIN

Common on sand and rubble at any depth.  Attains 3 inches.  Southern California to Baja California.  Formerly known as Lytechinus anamesus.