Diadematoida
| Diadematoida Temporal range: Early Jurassic–Recent | |
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| Diadema setosum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Subclass: | Euechinoidea |
| Superorder: | Diadematacia |
| Order: | Diadematoida Duncan, 1889 |
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Diadematoida is 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 ten buccal plates around the mouth. Their test can be either solid or flexible.
Taxonomy
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According to World Register of Marine Species :
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References
- Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 980. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.
- National History Museum. "Diadematoida". Retrieved 20 Dec 2009.