Sealife guideThe long-spined sea urchinDiadema antillarum
Last updated on 07/11/2024 at 12:13 AM
Taxonomy
English names
Long-spined sea urchin
French namesOursin diadème des AntillesOursin à longues épines
Scientific nameDiadema antillarum (Philippi, 1845)
FamilyDiadematidae
OrderDiadematoida
ClassEchinoidea
The long-spined sea urchin (Diadema antillarum) © Seatraveler | Dreamstime.com
The long-spined sea urchin (Diadema antillarum) © Michael Ludwig | Dreamstime.com
Within the same family
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Australian sea applePseudocolochirus axiologus
Blue sea starLinckia laevigata
Common heart urchinEchinocardium cordatum
Mosaic sea starPlectaster decanus
Necklace sea starFromia monilis
Noduled sea starFromia nodosa
Sunflower sea starPycnopodia helianthoides
Vermillion sea starMediaster aequalis
The marine species in the Northwestern Atlantic
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