Tripneustes ventricosus

Min Depth

0 meters

Max Depth

55 meters

Overall Geographic Range

Florida through Caribbean, Bermuda

Habitat-Biology

sand
hard substrate

References

Hendler, G., J. E. Miller, D. L. Pawson, and P. M. Kier. 1995. Sea Stars, Sea Urchins, and Allies: Echinoderms of Florida and the Caribbean. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.
Serafy, D. K., and F. J. Fell. 1985. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Echinodermata: Echinoidea. NOAA Technical Report National Marine Fisheries Service 33: 1–27.
Turner, R. L., and B. D. Graham. 2003. Calocidaris micans (Cidaridae) and Pseudoboletia maculata (Toxopneustidae): additions to the sea urchin fauna (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) of the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116(1): 61–81.
Tzompantzi, D., F. Solís-Marín, A. Laguarda-Figueras, M. Abreu-Pérez, and A. Durán-González. 1999. Equinoideos (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) del Caribe Mexicano: Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Avicennia 10/11: 43–72.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-09-2024.

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