Echinometra viridis

Echinometra viridis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Camarodonta
Family: Echinometridae
Genus: Echinometra
Species:
E. viridis
Binomial name
Echinometra viridis
A. Agassiz, 1863
Synonyms
  • Echinometra plana A. Agassiz, 1863
  • Ellipsechinus viridis (A. Agassiz, 1863)

Echinometra viridis, the reef urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family Echinometridae. It is found on reefs in very shallow parts of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.