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  5. ›sea urchins
  6. ›Aulodonta
  7. ›Diadematacea
  8. ›Diadematoida
  9. ›Diadematidae
  10. ›Centrostephanus
Western long-spined sea urchin
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Western long-spined sea urchin

Centrostephanus tenuispinus

Centrostephanus tenuispinus is a species of sea urchins of the Family Diadematidae. Their armour is covered with spines. Centrostephanus tenuispinus was first scientifically described in 1914 by Hubert Lyman Clark.

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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 805542.