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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Echinodermata > Class: Echinoidea > Order: Diadematoida > Family: Diadematidae > Genus: Centrostephanus > Species: Centrostephanus longispinus

Centrostephanus longispinus (Philippi, 1845)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe Not evaluated (IUCN)
Protected by EU Habitats Directive and 3 other international agreements
Most preferred habitats
  • coastal
  • marine inlets and transitional waters
  • open ocean
  • shelf
Natura 2000 species code 1008

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

This species has not yet been assessed for the IUCN Red List

Natura 2000 sites

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Common names and synonyms

The species has no common names
Synonym Author
Diadema longispina Philippi, 1845
Didema europaeum Agassiz & Dessor, 1846
Cidaris (Diadema) longispina Philippi, 1845

Other resources

CoL (accepted name) Catalogue of Life
Fauna Europaea search Fauna Europaea
GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Habitats Directive Art. 17-2006 summary
ITIS (Valid name) Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted) Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
WoRMS World Register of Marine Species

External data

No external data sets available for this species
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