Diadema savignyi

Diadema savignyi
Diadema savignyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Diadematoida
Family: Diadematidae
Genus: Diadema
Species:
D. savignyi
Binomial name
Diadema savignyi
(Audouin, 1829)[1]
Synonyms
  • Centrechinus savignyi (Audouin, 1829)
  • Centrostephanus savignyi (Audouin, 1829)
  • Cidarites savignyi Audouin, 1829
  • Diadema globulosum Bölsche, 1865

Diadema savignyi is a species of long-spined sea urchin belonging to the family Diadematidae. Common names include long-spined sea urchin, black longspine urchin and the banded diadem. It is native to the east coast of Africa, the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. It was first described in 1829 by the French naturalist Jean Victoire Audouin. The specific epithet honours the French zoologist Marie Jules César Savigny who described many new marine species from the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea.[2] The type locality is Mauritius.[1]

  1. ^ a b Kroh, Andreas (2013). Kroh A, Mooi R (eds.). "Diadema savignyi (Audouin, 1829)". World Echinoidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  2. ^ Le Bris, Sylvain; Didierlaurent, Sylvie (2013-09-06). "Diadema savignyi (Audouin, 1829)". DORIS (in French). Retrieved 2013-11-23.