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Diadema Gray, 1825 
AphiaID: 123395

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Acroechinoidea (Infraclass) > Diadematoida (Order) > Diadematidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Diadematidae Gray, 1855
Synonymised
taxa
  Centrechinus Jackson, 1912 (objective junior synonym of Diadema)
Centrechinus (Diadema) Gray, 1825 (accepted at genus rank)
Cidaris (Diadema) Gray, 1825 (accepted at genus rank)
Diamema (misspelling)
Sources  basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]

basis of record (from synonym): Philippi, R. A. 1845. Beschreibung einiger neuer Echinodermen nebst kritischen Bemerckungen über einige weniger bekannte Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11, 344-359., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30279#page/352/mode/1up
page(s): 354 [details] [view taxon]


basis of record (from synonym): Mortensen, T. 1940. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 1. Aulodonta, with Additions to Vol. II (Lepidocentroida and Stirodonta), pp. 370. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen.
page(s): 241 [details] [view taxon]


basis of record (from synonym): Lessios, H.A. 1988. Fate of Diamema [sic!] antillarum populations in the four years following mass mortality. In: R.D. Burke, P.V. Mladenov, P. Lambert & R.L. Parsley (eds), Echinoderm Biology: Proceedings of the Sixth International Echinoderm Conference, Victoria, Canada, 23-27 August 1987, pp. 802. A.A. Balkema; Rotterdam / Brookfield.
page(s): 802 [details] [view taxon]


Direct child
taxa

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 Species Diadema africanum Rodríguez, Hernández, Clemente & Coppard, 2013
Species Diadema antillarum Philippi, 1845
Species Diadema ascensionis Mortensen, 1909
Species Diadema mexicanum A. Agassiz, 1863
Species Diadema palmeri Baker, 1967
Species Diadema paucispinum A. Agassiz, 1863
Species Diadema savignyi (Audouin, 1829)
Species Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778)

Species Diadema africana Rodríguez, Hernández & Clemente, 2010 (nomen nudum)

Species Diadema aff. antillarum Philippi, 1845 (temporary name)

Subgenus Diadema (Echinothrix) Peters, 1853 accepted as Echinothrix Peters, 1853
Species Diadema calamare (Pallas, 1774) accepted as Echinothrix calamaris (Pallas, 1774)
Species Diadema calamaria (Pallas, 1774) accepted as Echinothrix calamaris (Pallas, 1774)
Species Diadema calamarium (Pallas, 1774) accepted as Echinothrix calamaris (Pallas, 1774)
Species Diadema dejardinsii Michelin, 1845 accepted as Echinothrix diadema (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Diadema desori (L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846) accepted as Echinothrix calamaris (Pallas, 1774)
Species Diadema europaeum L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 accepted as Centrostephanus longispinus (Philippi, 1845)
Species Diadema frappieri (Michelin, 1862) accepted as Echinothrix calamaris (Pallas, 1774)
Species Diadema globulosum Bölsche, 1865 accepted as Diadema savignyi (Audouin, 1829)
Species Diadema lamarcki (Gmelin, 1788) accepted as Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778)
Species Diadema longispina Philippi, 1845 accepted as Centrostephanus longispinus (Philippi, 1845)
Species Diadema mexicana A. Agassiz, 1863 accepted as Diadema mexicanum A. Agassiz, 1863
Species Diadema nudum A. Agassiz, 1863 accepted as Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778)
Species Diadema pulvinata (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Astropyga pulvinata (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Diadema pulvinatum (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Astropyga pulvinata (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Diadema radiatum (Leske, 1778) accepted as Astropyga radiata (Leske, 1778)
Species Diadema saxatile (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778)
Species Diadema setosa (Leske, 1778) accepted as Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778)
Species Diadema spinosissimum (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Echinothrix diadema (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Diadema subulare (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Echinothrix diadema (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Diadema turcarum Schynvoet, 1711 accepted as Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Links To Echinoid Directory
To ITIS
Note  Remark: Type specie: Echinometra setosa Leske, 1778 by subsequent designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123395
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2010-09-06 12:28:48Z  changed  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A.; Hansson, H. (2013). Diadema Gray, 1825. In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123395 on 2013-06-18
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