Diadematoida

Diadematoida
Diadematoida
Temporal range: Early Jurassic–Recent
Echinothrix diadema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Euechinoidea
Superorder: Diadematacia
Order: Diadematoida
Duncan, 1889
Families

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Diadematoida is an order of sea urchins. They are distinguished from other sea urchins by the fact that their spines are hollow, or at best have an open mesh at the core, and by the presence of ten buccal plates around the mouth. Their test can be either solid or flexible.

Taxonomy

Order Diadematoida

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