🦋 Family

Diadematidae

11 species · Animals

Animalia › Echinodermata › Echinoidea › Diadematoida › Diadematidae

Echinothrix calamaris, the banded sea urchin, is a distinguishable Indo-Pacific urchin with two distinct spine sets.

Echinothrix diadema is a dark, long-spined sea urchin found on shallow Indo-Pacific coral reefs.

Diadema antillarum, the long-spined black sea urchin, is an ecologically key herbivore on Caribbean and Atlantic coral reefs.

Diadema mexicanum is a long-spined Pacific sea urchin that plays a key, balance-dependent role in Central American coral reef health.

Diadema setosum is a long-spined venomous Indo-Pacific sea urchin species that has invaded the Mediterranean.

Diadema savignyi is a common Indo-Pacific sea urchin species identifiable by specific markings on its body.

Astropyga radiata, the red urchin, is a large venomous Indo-Pacific sea urchin that hosts associated crustaceans and fish.

Astropyga pulvinata is a spine-covered sea urchin species in the family Diadematidae first described in 1816.

Centrostephanus coronatus, the crowned sea urchin, is a black Pacific urchin with sharp hollow spines found from California to Peru.

Centrostephanus longispinus is a toxic long-spined Atlantic sea urchin with light-sensitive color-changing cells.

Centrostephanus rodgersii is a large dark purple sea urchin native to southeastern Australia and northeastern New Zealand.

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