Sea Egg

Tripneustes ventricosus

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 0–55 m

A large white spined urchin of Caribbean seagrass meadows, the sea egg grazes Thalassia blades in the shallows down to about 55 metres and often piles bits of shell and weed on its back for cover. Its roe is harvested as a delicacy across the region.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Echinodermata › Echinoidea › Camarodonta › Toxopneustidae › Tripneustes

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 422490.