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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Echinoderms
  4. Sea Urchins, Sand Dollars, and Heart Urchins
  5. Diadematoida
  6. Diadematidae

family

Diadematidae

Diadematidae

Includes
5 native 4 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Diadema 2 native
  • Echinothrix 1 native
  • Centrostephanus 1 native
  • Astropyga 1 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native Diadematidae All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Atlantic Long-spined Sea Urchin Diadema antillarum 3,304 observations
  • Blue-black Urchin Echinothrix diadema 1,003 observations
  • Crowned Sea Urchin Centrostephanus coronatus 423 observations
  • Indo-Pacific Long-spined Urchin Diadema paucispinum 51 observations

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