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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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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

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 (EU Habitats Directive)	Annex IV: animal and plant species of community interest in need of strict protection.		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
Barcelona Convention Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean (SPA/BD Protocol)	Annex II: Endangered or threatened species that the Parties shall manage with the aim of maintaining them in a favourable state of conservation. They shall ensure their maximum possible protection and recovery.	Synonym for this species is listed in Appendix II of the Barcelona Convention Protocol. See there for more details.	http://rac-spa.org/protocol http://rac-spa.org/sites/def...sion_ig_19_12_en.pdf
	Annex II: Endangered or threatened species that the Parties shall manage with the aim of maintaining them in a favourable state of conservation. They shall ensure their maximum possible protection and recovery.		http://rac-spa.org/protocol http://rac-spa.org/sites/def...sion_ig_19_12_en.pdf

Synonym	Author
Diadema longispina	Philippi, 1845
Didema europaeum	Agassiz & Dessor, 1846
Cidaris (Diadema) longispina	Philippi, 1845

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

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Centrostephanus longispinus (Philippi, 1845)

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