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Lytechinus variegatus
Sea Turtle Grass Bed, Crandon Park Beach, Key Biscayne, South Florida Peninsula
Spotted on Jun 8, 2006
Submitted on Jun 12, 2012
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Might that be a West Indian Sea Egg (Tripneustes ventricosus) instead? I think the Variegated usually have much more green or purplish spines on a greener shell, instead of white against dank background. Both Urchins common here.