Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Echinoidea > Subclass Euechinoidea > Infraclass Acroechinoidea > Order Diadematoida > Family Diadematidae > Genus Diadema

Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778)

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

*Echinus saxatilis*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Literature

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.
additional source	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.
additional source	Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.)

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (142 nucleotides; 256 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (163 publications)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
GBIF

Citation

Kroh, A. (2014). Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2014) World Echinoidea Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213372