Black Longspine Urchin
Diadema setosum
Animalia
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 5-10 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Group
- Biome
- Coral reef
- Range
- Indo-Pacific
- Movement
- Walking
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Spines
- Status
- Uncommon
About
The Black Longspine Urchin is a sea urchin with five white dots on its body. It lives in the Indo-Pacific region, from Australia and Africa to Japan and the Red Sea.
Life cycle
- 1.juvenileA juvenile urchin settles onto the seafloor and begins grazing algae with its tiny test and spines.
- 2.adultFully grown, with adult test size and full spines.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Echinoidea
- Order
- Diadematoida
- Family
- Diadematidae
- Genus
- Diadema
- Species
- Diadema setosum