''Centrostephanus asteriscus'' is a species of sea urchin of the

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Diadematidae The Diadematidae are a family of sea urchins. Their tests are either rigid or flexible and their spines are long and hollow. * '' Astropyga'' Gray, 1825 **'' Astropyga radiata'' ( Leske, 1778), extant **'' Astropyga pulvinata'' (Lamarck, 1816), ...

. Their armour is covered with spines. ''Centrostephanus asteriscus'' was first scientifically described in 1907 by Alexander Emanuel Agassiz &

Hubert Lyman Clark Hubert Lyman Clark (January 9, 1870 – July 31, 1947) was an American zoologist. The son of Professor William Smith Clark, he was born at Amherst, Massachusetts, and educated at Amherst College and Johns Hopkins University. From 1899 to 1905 he ...

.Kroh, A. (2010). ''Centrostephanus asteriscus'' (Agassiz & Clark, 1907). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010
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Diadematidae Animals described in 1907 Taxa named by Alexander Agassiz Taxa named by Hubert Lyman Clark {{Echinoidea-stub