---
title: "Erizo verde de mar"
description: "Lytechinus variegatus — Otros animales. Lytechinus variegatus, commonly called the green sea urchin or the variegated sea urchin, is a species of sea urchin that can be found in the warm waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/variegated-sea-urchin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Erizo verde de mar

> Lytechinus variegatus — Otros animales. Lytechinus variegatus, commonly called the green sea urchin  or the variegated sea urchin, is a species of sea urchin that can be found in the warm waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.

- Scientific name: *Lytechinus variegatus*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2820
- Wikidata: [Q2302585](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2302585)
- iNaturalist taxon: [120069](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120069)

## Names

- en: Variegated Sea Urchin
- es: Erizo verde de mar
- fr: Oursin multicolore

## Countries with the most observations

US (1452), BR (192), MX (154), JM (61), PA (47), PR (32), MQ (26), CU (25), BS (24), CW (16), KY (12), DO (11)

## Summary

Lytechinus variegatus, commonly called the green sea urchin  or the variegated sea urchin, is a species of sea urchin that can be found in the warm waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytechinus_variegatus

## Photo

![Erizo verde de mar](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/variegated-sea-urchin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jana Miller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50693837

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/variegated-sea-urchin?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).