''Centrostephanus'' is a genus of
echinoderm
An echinoderm () is any member of the phylum Echinodermata (). The adults are recognisable by their (usually five-point) radial symmetry, and include starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers, as well as the sea ...
s belonging to the family
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), ...
.
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
Species:
Fossils
* ''
Centrostephanus sacyi
''Centrostephanus'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Diadematidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or mos ...
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References
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Diadematidae
Echinoidea genera