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title: "Needle Sea Urchin"
description: "Diadema mexicanum — Weitere Tiere. Diadema mexicanum is a species of long-spined sea urchin belonging to the family Diadematidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/needle-sea-urchin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Needle Sea Urchin

> Diadema mexicanum — Weitere Tiere. Diadema mexicanum is a species of long-spined sea urchin belonging to the family Diadematidae.

- Scientific name: *Diadema mexicanum*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 967
- Wikidata: [Q2175303](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2175303)
- iNaturalist taxon: [83298](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/83298)

## Names

- en: Needle Sea Urchin
- es: Erizo bandeado

## Countries with the most observations

MX (379), CR (192), EC (182), PA (44), CO (6), NI (3)

## Summary

Diadema mexicanum is a species of long-spined sea urchin belonging to the family Diadematidae. It is native to the Pacific coast of Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Panama.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diadema_mexicanum

## Photo

![Needle Sea Urchin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/needle-sea-urchin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/341942573

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/needle-sea-urchin?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).