ITIS Standard Report Page: Diadema antillarum.
Habitat Black sea urchin Scientific name: (Diadema Antillarum) Classification of the Sea Urchin Kingdom: Anamalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Echinoidea Diadema antillarum are found on the surfaces of hard and soft substrates to several hundred meters depth. These echinoderms.
The interpretation presented herein implies that D. antillarum was and is the most important shallow-water herbivore on Caribbean coral reefs. This is contrary to a prevailing model but in.
Diadema is a common and abundant sea urchin in the tropics with localized large influences on the grazing and benthic communities. There are ten species, of which four are closely related morphologically and genetically; but only two species, D. setosum and D. savignyi, have frequently overlapping distributions.Diadema has long spines that allow it to graze in more open areas than most.
Classification kingdom Animalia phylum Echinodermata class. Diadema antillarum distribution. In Panama this species been collected in the Caribbean from:-Galeta Island (USNM E 26602, USNM E 26687, USNM E 28260, USNM E 38607; Centroid Latitude: 9.4067, Centroid Longitude: -79.8667).
Assessment of the Population Status and Distribution of Diadema antillarum at Glover’s Reef Atoll In fulfillment of NRMP461, Thesis Project Natural Resources Management Program Faculty of Science and Technology Submitted by: Cordelia Che Submitted to: Dr. Leandra Cho Ricketts 2 Abstract Diadema antillarum, a keystone species found on reefs, that control the populations of macroalgae, was.
Diadema are reported to depths of 10 m (Pearse, 1998), while D. antillarum has been reported to dept hs of 70 m ( The Nature Conservancy, 2004 ). The distribution of D. setosum is correlate d with.
Diadema antillarum, familiar in the Caribbean, has thin, potentially dangerous spines that can reach 10 to 30 centimetres (3.9 to 11.8 in) long.