Diadema antillarum, also known as the lime urchin, black sea urchin, or the long-spined sea urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family Diadematidae...

and the growth of seaweed on the coral. The long-spined sea urchin (Diadema antillarum), which browses on seaweed on and around reefs, was sharply reduced...

Diadema is a genus of sea urchins of the family Diadematidae. It is one of the most abundant, widespread, and ecologically important shallow water genera...

extant Diadema antillarum (Philippi, 1845), extant Diadema paucispinum (Agassiz, 1863), extant Diadema mexicanum (Agassiz, 1863), extant Diadema ascensionis...

algae, coralline algae and macro algae. Some sea urchins (such as Diadema antillarum) eat these algae and could thus decrease the risk of algal encroachment...

Echinoderms donkey dung sea cucumber Holothuria mexicana black sea urchin Diadema antillarum Mammals West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus Birds brown pelican...

Triggerfish, Balistes vetula, in the Absence of its Primary Food Item, Diadema antillarum". Marine Ecology. 5 (2): 191–195. Bibcode:1984MarEc...5..191R. doi:10...

In the Caribbean Sea, P. gibbesi is associated with the sea urchin Diadema antillarum. In the Mediterranean Sea, P. gibbesi lives almost exclusively among...

coral (Acropora palmata). Buoys at Pickles Reef and Snapper Ledge Diadema antillarum with unusual grey spines at Snapper Ledge Closeup of the very large...

1983, for example, the mass mortality of the tropical sea urchin Diadema antillarum in the Caribbean caused a change from a coral-dominated reef system...

Atlantic sides have been found in other species pairs such as: Diadema antillarum and Diadema mexicanum Echinometra lucunter and Echinometra vanbrunti Echinometra...

the blue tang serve as cleaners for them. With the decline in the Diadema antillarum (sea urchin) population, the blue tang population increased since...

Barbados, species such as Diploria strigosa, Palythoa mamillosa, and Diadema antillarum are found. The reef crest's most common species is Porites porites...

Spatangoida (heart urchins) Aspidodiadema hawaiiense, an Aspidodiadematoida Diadema antillarum, a Diadematoida Caenopedina hawaiiensis, a Pedinoida Salenocidaris...

to take over the algal controlling role of the black sea urchin (Diadema antillarum) which is subject to great fluctuations in population. Wikimedia Commons...

(Balistes vetula) pwéson gwo zyé redsnapper chadon nwè black sea urchin (Diadema antillarum) pwéson nas potfish chadon, chadwon white sea urchin (Strongltocentrus...

eats mainly other animals such as sea urchins (especially of the genus Diadema), mollusks and crustaceans. Considered to be an excellent food fish, Jolt...

od Life (EOL) Diadema antillarum". EOL. 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2013-10-18. "World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Diadema antillarum Philippi, 1845...

dominant species. Disease, in both corals and herbivorous sea urchins Diadema antillarum, coupled with rising seawater temperatures, have led to significant...

has also been linked to the disappearance of the black sea urchin, Diadema antillarum, which also helped to reduce microalgal presence. Overfishing causes...

growth and calcification. The coral also has a relationship with Diadema antillarum, the long-spined urchin, whose grazing helps to reduce the effects...

predators. Herbivores include fish such as parrotfish, the urchin Diadema antillarum, surgeonfishes, tangs and unicornfishes. Overfishing, particularly...

in fissures among boulders. Its association with the sea urchin Diadema antillarum varies with the phase of the Moon, and it is often associated with...

coral polyps; one of these keystone species is the black urchin (Diadema antillarum). In addition to the submerged fauna, this reserve is an important...

15:147-149. Snyder, N. F. R., and H. A. Snyder. 1970. Alarm response of Diadema antillarum. Science 168:276-278. Stenzler, D., and J. Atema. 1977. Alarm response...

West Africa shore such as sea anemone, Perna perna, Ocypode cursor, Diadema antillarum have already been described on this site. The Northeast region of...

grazing pressure. It is also eaten intensively by sea urchins such as Diadema antillarum. The encrusting form is unpalatable to all the herbivores and is principally...

Management Plan. 2005. Edmunds, Peter, and Robert Carpenter. “Recovery of Diadema antillarum reduces macroalgal cover and increases abundance of juvenile corals...

Diadematidae Diadema antillarum Facultative Acropora, Agaricia, Madracis, Montastraea, Porites Caribbeans Echinodermata Diadematidae Diadema setosum Facultative...

Robinson, A Nalevanko (2007) Experimental dispersal of recovering Diadema antillarum increases grazing intensity and reduces macroalgal abundance on a...