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Diadematidae
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Diadematidae

The Diadematidae are a family of sea urchins. Their tests are either rigid or flexible and their spines are long and hollow.

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7 branches of this family, most-observed first

Diadema

genusDiadema

Echinothrix

genusEchinothrix

Centrostephanus

genusCentrostephanus

Astropyga

genusAstropyga

Chaetodiadema

genusChaetodiadema

Eremopyga

genusEremopyga

Goniodiadema

genusGoniodiadema

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48793.