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Class: Echinoidea
Order: Diadematoida
Family: Diadematidae

Genus: Diadema

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6 species (see list below)
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Central Atlantic

Diadema antillarum(Philippi, 1845)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Diadema antillarum
[Long-spined sea urchin]
No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm WD
 
Diadema mexicanum
[]
No picture found
 
Diadema palmeri
[]
No picture found
 
Diadema paucispinum
[]

Bos, Arthur

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm WD
Diadema savignyiMichelin, 1845

Photo by Bos, Arthur
 
Diadema savignyi
[Savigny's long-spine sea urchin]

Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific

Diadema setosum(Leske, 1778)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Diadema setosum
[Porcupine sea urchin]


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