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

  • Astropyga Gray, 1825
  • Astropyga radiata (Leske, 1778), extant
  • Astropyga pulvinata (Lamarck, 1816), extant
  • Astropyga magnifica (Clark, 1934), extant
  • Centrostephanus Peters, 1855
  • Centrostephanus asteriscus (Agassiz & Clark, 1907), extant
  • Centrostephanus coronatus (Verrill, 1867), extant
  • Centrostephanus fragile (Wiltshire in Wright, 1882), Santonian, Maastrichtian, Danian
  • Centrostephanus longispinus (Philippi, 1845), extant
  • Centrostephanus nitidus (Koehler, 1927), extant
  • Centrostephanus rodgersii (Agassiz, 1863), extant
  • Chaetodiadema Mortensen, 1903
  • Chaetodiadema granulatum (Mortensen, 1903), extant
  • Chaetodiadema keiense (Mortensen, 1903), extant
  • Chaetodiadema tuberculatum (Clark, 1909), extant
  • Diadema Gray, 1825
  • Diadema palmeri (Baker, 1967), extant
  • Diadema savignyi (Audouin, 1829), extant
  • Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778), extant
  • Diadema antillarum (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, 1853
  • Echinothrix calamaris (Pallas, 1774), extant
  • Echinothrix diadema (Linnaeus, 1758), extant
  • Eodiadema, Lower Jurassic
  • Eremopyga Agassiz & Clark, 1908
  • Eremopyga denudata (De Meijere, 1904), extant
  • Goniodiadema Mortensen, 1939
  • Goniodiadema mauritiense (Mortensen, 1939), extant
  • Kamptosoma Mortensen, 1903, extant
  • Palaeodiadema (Pomel, 1887), Santonian, Maastrichtian, Danian
  • Pedinothuria Louis, 1897
  • Pedinothuria cidaroides (Gregory, 1897), Callovian, 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.

Images

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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.

Image:SeaDSC01286.JPG|Echinothrix calamaris.

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References