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Black Sea Urchin

Diadema antillarum

Photo by sttweets
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Sea urchin in the shallow water of the Puerto Rican island Palominitos

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Diadema antillarum

Species ID Suggestions

Black sea urchin

Diadema antillarum

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Comments (2)
sttweets
@Elsa, thanks for the additional information.
Elsa
Diadema urchins feed on algae and are therefore keystone species on Caribbean coral reefs. In the 80s a mass die-off of this sea urchin had devastating impacts, causing entire ecosystems to collapse. In other words, you've documented one of the most important species of Caribbean reefs :)

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