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The Diadematoida are an order of sea urchins. They are distinguished from other sea urchins by the fact that their spines are hollow, or at best have an open mesh at the core, and by the presence of 10 buccal plates around the mouth. Their tests can be either solid or flexible.

Species

ガンガゼ目

ORDER

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumEchinodermata
  3. ClassEchinoidea
  4. OrderDiadematoida
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded280,608

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
5
Collections
UF, TCWC
Recorded in
United States, Jamaica

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Acroechinoidea
Image
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Commons category
Diadematoida
taxon name
Diadematoida
taxon rank
order
topic's main category
Category:Diadematoida
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Encyclopedic overview

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The Diadematoida are an order of sea urchins. They are distinguished from other sea urchins by the fact that their spines are hollow, or at best have an open mesh at the core, and by the presence of 10 buccal plates around the mouth. Their tests can be either solid or flexible.

==Taxonomy== {| |valign="top"| According to ITIS: family Aspidodiadematidae (Duncan, 1889) family Diadematidae (Gray, 1855) family Lissodiadematidae (Mortensen, 1903) family Micropygidae (Duncan, 1889)

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