Sealife guideThe long-spined sea urchinDiadema antillarum

Taxonomy
  • Common name: Long-spined sea urchin
  • French name: Oursin diadème des Antilles, oursin à longues épines
  • Scientific name: Diadema antillarum (Philippi, 1845)
  • Family name: Diadematidae
  • Order name: Diadematoida
  • Class name: Echinoidea
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