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Echinoidea taxon details

Diadema aff. antillarum Philippi, 1845 
AphiaID: 716529

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Acroechinoidea (Infraclass) > Diadematoida (Order) > Diadematidae (Family) > Diadema (Genus)
Status temporary name
Record
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Rank Species
Parent Diadema Gray, 1825
Source  basis of record: Clemente, S. & Hernández, J.C. 2008. Influence of wave exposure and habitat complexity in determining spatial variation of the sea urchin Diadema aff. antillarum (Echinoidea: Diadematidae) populations and macro algal cover (Canary Islands - Eastern Atlantic Ocean). In: J.J. Alvarado & J. Cortés (eds), Estudio Latinamericanos en Equinodermos II. Revista Biologiá Tropical, 56/Suppl. 3, 229-254. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Canary Islands [details]

Attribute Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)
  » Stage: adult
Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)
  » Stage: larva
Note  Status: The Canary Island population of Diadema was considered to be specifically different from Diadema antillarum and consistently named Diadema aff. antillarum in a number of papers on various aspects of the biology of that population. Future research is needed to clarify the status of this population (see also under Diadema africana) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:716529
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2013-01-24 11:46:56Z  created  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Diadema aff. antillarum Philippi, 1845. In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database. Accessed through: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716529 on 2013-05-25
  

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