West Indian Sea Egg

In Panama this species has been collected in the Caribbean from:

-Galeta Island (USNM E 26673)

-La Doncella, Del Padre Island, Colon (USNM 1011698; Centroid Latitude: 9.5800, Centroid Longitude: -79.6700, depth < 1 m)

-North of Palina Island, Colon (USNM 1011706; Centroid Latitude: 9.6131, Centroid Longitude: -79.5972, depth < 1 m)

-In channel off Naranjo Abajo Island, Colon (USNM 1011704; Centroid Latitude: 9.4194, Centroid Longitude: -79.7950, depth < 1 m)

-Pina, Canal Zone (USNM E 14575; Centroid Latitude: 9.2617, Centroid Longitude: -80.0700, depth 2 to 5 m)

-Margarita Island, Limon Bay (USNM E 4873)

-Portobelo (USNM E 4805; Centroid Latitude: 9.55, Centroid Longitude: -79.62)

-Mangote Island, Buenaventura Bay (USNM 1011707; Centroid Latitude: 9.5431, Centroid Longitude: -79.6808)

-Pico Feo Island, San Blas (USNM E 18807, USNM E 18615; associated with Thalassia spp.)

-Miria Island, San Blas (USNM E 25676)

-Corgetupo Island, San Blas (USNM 1017376)

Mortensen, T. (1943). A monograph of the Echinoidea 3(2). Camarodonta 1. Copenhagen. 553 pp., 321 figures, 56 pls; pages: 490-408.

Zigler, K. S. & Lessios, H. A. (2003). Evolution of bindin in the pantropical sea urchin Tripneustes: Comparisons to bindin of other genera. Molecular Biology and Evolution 20:220-231.

GenBank

The Echinoid Directory

World Echinoidea Database

Echinus ventricosus Lamarck, 1816 (transferred to Tripneustes)
Heliechinus gouldii Girard, 1850 (subjective junior synonym)
Hipponoe esculenta A. Agassiz, 1872 (subjective junior synonym)
Tripneustes esculenta (A. Agassiz, 1872) (subjective junior synonym)
Tripneustes esculentus (A. Agassiz, 1872) (subjective junior synonym)