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Salmacis bicolor

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Salmacis bicolor
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S. bicolor
Binomial name
Salmacis bicolor
L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846

Salmacis bicolor is a species of sea urchin in the Temnopleuroida family Temnopleuridae found in the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea.[1] the name derives from Salmacis (Ancient Greek: 'Σαλμακίς'), a nymph of Greek mythology, and latin 'bicolor' (two-coloured).

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