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Lytechinus pictus (Painted urchin, DCL-2020) (UCSD_Lpic_2.1) ▼

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About Lytechinus pictus

Lytechinus pictus, commonly known as the painted urchin (Lytechinus pictus), is a sea urchin in the family Toxopneustidae. It occurs on shallow reefs in the tropical and subtropical eastern Pacific Ocean, off the coasts of California, Central America and South America as far south as Ecuador.

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Taxonomy ID 7653

(Text from Wikipedia.)

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Taxonomy ID 7653

Data source University of North Carolina Wilmington

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Genome assembly: UCSD_Lpic_2.1

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