The test of the West Indian sea egg is dark in color, usually black, dark purple or reddish brown, with white spines 1 to 2 … See more

The West Indian sea egg is found in shallow parts of the western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Its range extends from Bermuda, the Carolinas and Florida to Belize, Venezuela … See more

The West Indian sea egg feeds on algae but tends to avoid the crustose, highly calcified coralline algae.
Ripe gonads were found in urchins at any time of year but breeding probably takes place mostl… See more

The gonads of the West Indian sea egg are traditionally consumed in the West Indies and there is an important fishery in Barbados. Urchins are collected by skin diving and it used to be possible to collect a thousand i… See more