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Updated 11/3/2013

Family Brissidae

TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC

Meoma ventricosa ventricosa

Paradise Cove, Grand Bahama, 4 feet

RED HEART URCHIN

Common buried in sand among grass beds in shallow water.  Petals are not elevated.  Attains 8 inches.  North Carolina to Brazil & the Gulf of Mexico.  Meoma ventricosa grandis occurs along the Pacific coast of Panama.