Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Echinoidea > Subclass Euechinoidea > Infraclass Aulodonta > Superorder Diadematacea > Order Diadematoida > Family Diadematidae > Genus Diadema

Diadema antillarum (Philippi, 1845)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Diadema*	Gray, 1825	accepted genus name
*Cidaris (Diadema)*	Gray, 1825	synonym

Species group names

*Cidaris (Diadema) antillarum*	Philippi, 1845	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: spiny urchin

Literature

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.
additional source	Mortensen, T. (1940). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 1. Aulodonta, with Additions to Vol. II (Lepidocentroida and Stirodonta). 370 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
subsequent type designation	Rodríguez, A., Hernández, J. C., Clemente, S. & Coppard, S. E. 2013. A new species of Diadema (Echinodermata: Echinoidea: Diadematidae) from the eastern Atlantic Ocean and a neotype designation of Diadema antillarum (Philippi, 1845). Zootaxa 3636, 144-170.

Genbank

Citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Diadema antillarum (Philippi, 1845). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124332