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Variegated Urchin

Lytechinus variegatus

Photo by LivanEscudero
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

sandy, grassy bottoms

Notes:

Usually seen covered with shells and seaweed that they use for camouflage and protection. Sometimes covered with human litter like plastic spoons, etc. dropped by bathers. Seen a pic that (not for the fact that it is pollution) was very humorous, as one had "put on" a pair of sunglasses it found.

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Comments (1)

Beautiful. Looks like there is a bit of turtle grass around also.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2012

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