''Chaetodiadema africanum'' is a species of

sea urchin Sea urchins () are spiny, globular echinoderms in the class Echinoidea. About 950 species of sea urchin live on the seabed of every ocean and inhabit every depth zone from the intertidal seashore down to . The spherical, hard shells (tests) of ...

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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. Chaetodiadema africanum was first scientifically described in 1924 by

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 h ...

.Kroh, A. (2010). ''Chaetodiadema africanum'' (Clark, 1924). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010
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Animals described in 1924 Diadematidae {{Echinoidea-stub

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