Diadema setosum

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Long-spined sea urchin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Diadematoida
Family: Diadematidae
Genus: Diadema
Species: D. setosum
Binomial name
Diadema setosum

Diadema setosum is a sea urchin also known as the long-spined sea urchin. It eats algae and thereby plays an essential role in preventing them from overtaking coral reefs.