The Diadematidae are a
family
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of
sea urchins. Their tests are either rigid or flexible and their spines are long and hollow.
* ''
Astropyga''
Gray
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, 1825
**''
Astropyga radiata'' (
Leske, 1778), extant
**''
Astropyga pulvinata'' (
Lamarck
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, 1816), extant
**''
Astropyga magnifica'' (
Clark
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, 1934), extant
*''
Centrostephanus''
Peters Peters may refer to:
People
* Peters (surname)
* Peters Band, a First Nations band in British Columbia, Canada
Places United States
* Peters, California, a census-designated place
* Peters, Florida, a town
* Peters Township, Kingman County, Kan ...
, 1855
**''
Centrostephanus asteriscus'' (
Agassiz &
Clark
Clark is an English language surname, ultimately derived from the Latin with historical links to England, Scotland, and Ireland ''clericus'' meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educate ...
, 1907), extant
**''
Centrostephanus coronatus'' (
Verrill, 1867), extant
**''
Centrostephanus fragile'' (
Wiltshire
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in
Wright
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, 1882),
Santonian
The Santonian is an age in the geologic timescale or a chronostratigraphic stage. It is a subdivision of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 86.3 ± 0.7 mya (million years ago) and 83.6 ± 0.7 mya. ...
,
Maastrichtian
The Maastrichtian () is, in the ICS geologic timescale, the latest age (uppermost stage) of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series, the Cretaceous Period or System, and of the Mesozoic Era or Erathem. It spanned the interval ...
,
Danian
The Danian is the oldest age or lowest stage of the Paleocene Epoch or Series, of the Paleogene Period or System, and of the Cenozoic Era or Erathem. The beginning of the Danian (and the end of the preceding Maastrichtian) is at the Cretace ...
**''
Centrostephanus longispinus'' (
Philippi, 1845), extant
**''
Centrostephanus nitidus'' (
Koehler
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*Arthur Koehler (1885– ...
, 1927), extant
**''
Centrostephanus rodgersii'' (
Agassiz, 1863), extant
*''
Chaetodiadema''
Mortensen, 1903
**''
Chaetodiadema granulatum'' (
Mortensen, 1903), extant
**''
Chaetodiadema keiense'' (
Mortensen, 1903), extant
**''
Chaetodiadema tuberculatum'' (
Clark
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, 1909), extant
*''
Diadema'' Gray, 1825
**''
Diadema palmeri'' (
Baker, 1967), extant
**''
Diadema savignyi'' (
Audouin, 1829), extant
**''
Diadema setosum
''Diadema setosum'' is a species of long-spined sea urchin belonging to the family Diadematidae. It is a typical sea urchin, with extremely long, hollow spines that are mildly venomous. ''D. setosum'' differs from other '' Diadema'' with five, ...
'' (
Leske, 1778), extant
**''
Diadema antillarum
''Diadema antillarum'', also known as the lime urchin, black sea urchin, or the long-spined sea urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family Diadematidae.
This sea urchin is characterized by its exceptionally long black spines.
It is t ...
'' (
Philippi, 1845), extant
**''
Diadema paucispinum'' (
Agassiz, 1863), extant
**''
Diadema mexicanum'' (
Agassiz, 1863), extant
**''
Diadema ascensionis'' (
Mortensen, 1909), extant
*''
Echinodiadema''
Verrill, 1867
**''
Echinodiadema coronata'' (
Verrill, 1867), extant
*''
Echinothrix''
Peters Peters may refer to:
People
* Peters (surname)
* Peters Band, a First Nations band in British Columbia, Canada
Places United States
* Peters, California, a census-designated place
* Peters, Florida, a town
* Peters Township, Kingman County, Kan ...
, 1853
**''
Echinothrix calamaris'' (
Pallas
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Mythology
* Pallas (Giant), a son of Uranus and Gaia, killed and flayed by Athena
* Pa ...
, 1774), extant
**''
Echinothrix diadema'' (
Linnaeus
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,
1758), extant
*''
Eodiadema'',
Lower Jurassic
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*''
Eremopyga''
Agassiz &
Clark
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, 1908
**''
Eremopyga denudata'' (
De Meijere, 1904), extant
*''
Goniodiadema''
Mortensen, 1939
**''
Goniodiadema mauritiense'' (
Mortensen, 1939), extant
*''
Kamptosoma''
Mortensen, 1903, extant
*''
Palaeodiadema'' (
Pomel, 1887),
Santonian
The Santonian is an age in the geologic timescale or a chronostratigraphic stage. It is a subdivision of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 86.3 ± 0.7 mya (million years ago) and 83.6 ± 0.7 mya. ...
,
Maastrichtian
The Maastrichtian () is, in the ICS geologic timescale, the latest age (uppermost stage) of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series, the Cretaceous Period or System, and of the Mesozoic Era or Erathem. It spanned the interval ...
,
Danian
The Danian is the oldest age or lowest stage of the Paleocene Epoch or Series, of the Paleogene Period or System, and of the Cenozoic Era or Erathem. The beginning of the Danian (and the end of the preceding Maastrichtian) is at the Cretace ...
*''
Pedinothuria'' Louis, 1897
**''
Pedinothuria cidaroides'' (
Gregory, 1897),
Callovian
In the geologic timescale, the Callovian is an age and stage in the Middle Jurassic, lasting between 166.1 ± 4.0 Ma (million years ago) and 163.5 ± 4.0 Ma. It is the last stage of the Middle Jurassic, following the Bathonian and preceding the ...
,
Oxfordian
Senses
Like other
sea urchins diadematids are sensitive to touch, light, and chemicals; additionally they do have eyes (eye spots) which is in contrast to other sea urchins. Because of this they can follow a threat with their spines.
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Images
Image:Astropyga radiata2.jpg, '' Astropyga radiata''.
Image:Centrostephanus longispinus.jpg, '' Centrostephanus longispinus''.
Image:Chaetodiadema granulatum.jpg, '' Chaetodiadema granulatum''
Image:Diadema setosum (Kenya).JPG, ''Diadema setosum
''Diadema setosum'' is a species of long-spined sea urchin belonging to the family Diadematidae. It is a typical sea urchin, with extremely long, hollow spines that are mildly venomous. ''D. setosum'' differs from other '' Diadema'' with five, ...
''.
Image:SeaDSC01286.JPG, '' Echinothrix calamaris''.
References
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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