Centrostephanus longispinus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Echinoidea
- Order
- Diadematoida
- Family
- Diadematidae
- Genus
- Centrostephanus
- Species
- Centrostephanus longispinus
- Scientific Name
- Centrostephanus longispinus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Centrostephanus longispinus
Centrostephanus longispinus, the hatpin urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family Diadematidae. There are two subspecies, Centrostephanus l. longispinus, found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea and Centrostephanus l. rubricingulus, found in the western Atlantic.
...Centrostephanus longispinus in languages:
- English
- Hatpin Urchin
- French
- Oursin-diadème méditerranéen
- Italian
- Riccio diadema
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