Sealife guideThe long-spined sea urchinDiadema antillarum
Last updated on 07/11/2024 at 12:13 AM
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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