A new species of Diadema (Echinodermata: Echinoidea: Diadematidae) from the eastern Atlantic Ocean and a neotype designation of Diadema antillarum (Philippi, 1845)

Zootaxa

Volumn 3636, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 144-170

  Rodríguez, Adriana ^a   Hernández, José Carlos ^a   Clemente, Sabrina ^a   Coppard, Simon Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Diadema africanum sp. nov. eastern Atlantic Ocean; Diadema antillarum; Diadematidae; Pedi cellariae; Spines; Taxonomy; Test

Indexed keywords

DIADEMA; DIADEMA ANTILLARUM; DIADEMATIDAE; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; SEA URCHIN;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; SEA URCHINS;

EID: 84878871015     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.1.6     Document Type: Article

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