This diet plasticity (i.e., ingestion of animal food) suggests a potential
use of juveniles in integrated cultures or for biological control inmussel
and salmon farming in southern Chile. The usefulness of sea urchins in
controlling fouling in bivalve cultures has been demonstrated for
Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus (Zhanhui et al., 2014), L. variegatus, and
Echinometra lucunter (Lodeiros and García, 2004).