Salmacis bicolor
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Camarodonta |
| Family: | Temnopleuridae |
| Genus: | Salmacis |
| Species: | S. bicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Salmacis bicolor L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846
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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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