Diadematidae

Diadematidae
Diadema setosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Subclass:	Euechinoidea
Superorder:	Diadematacea
Order:	Diadematoida
Family:	Diadematidae Gray, 1855 [1]

The Diadematidae are a family of sea urchins. Their tests are either rigid or flexible and their spines are long and hollow.^[2]

• 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^[3]
• Chaetodiadema (Mortensen, 1903)
  • Chaetodiadema granulatum (Mortensen, 1903), extant
  • Chaetodiadema keiense (Mortensen, 1903), extant
  • Chaetodiadema tuberculatum (Clark, 1909), extant
• Diadema (Humpfreys, 1797)
  • 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
• Trichodiadema (Agassiz, 1863)
  • Trichodiadema rodgersii (Agassiz, 1863), extant

• 
  Astropyga radiata.
• 
  Centrostephanus longispinus.
• 
  Diadema setosum.
• 
  Echinothrix calamaris.

References

1. "Diadematidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
2. Maran, Vincent (2010-11-11). "Astropyga radiata (Leske, 1778)". DORIS (in French). Retrieved 2013-01-22.
3. "Black Sea Urchin". Museum Victoria. Retrieved 2011-05-13.