Thank you , this helps greatly , mark
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From: Dennis Nieweg <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Thursday, February 10, 2000 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: Sea urchins


|1) Clypeaster rosaceus (Linn.)
|2) perhaps Moira atropus (Lam.)
|3) Echinometra viridis (Agassiz)
|4) Melitta sexiesperforata (Leske)
|5) Eucidaris tribuloides (Lam.)
|6) Diadema antillarum (Philippi)
|7) Encope michelini (Agassiz) or Encope emarginata (?)
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|At 00:16 10-02-00 -0400, you wrote:
|>Good evening All. I have to find the name of a few common sea urchins from
|Florida. If someone could put a few Latin names to
|>the common I'd appreciate this.  I'll give the common name and a brief
|description.
|>Sea Biscuit, ovate, fat , no holes , thick , heavy, no spines prickly brown
|velvet perio.
|>Sea mouse, tan , bristly perio, round in shape, very delicate, no spines
|>Common green urchin, cast is green purple, short stiff spines.
|>sand dollar, flat, round, 5 holes plus one near center, brown fine perio
|>pencil urchin, cast round , fine tan perio, heavy thick blunt spines
|>black spined urchin, cast white, pimpled living animal black  very long
|SHARP spines
|>From mexico, arrow head sand dollar, flat white cast, 5 holes that pertrude
|into edge, one large hole near center , sorry
|>about the common names and thank you for the help , Mark & Peta bethke
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|Dennis C.Nieweg
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