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Where does the Long-Spined Sea Urchin live?

Diadema antillarum has 14,321 records in 53 countries and territories, from 1858 to 2026. Most records come from US Virgin Islands.

Long-Spined Sea Urchin
Long-Spined Sea Urchin — NOAA / Public domain · source
AnimaliaEchinodermataEchinoideaDiadematoidaDiadematidaeDiadema

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
US Virgin Islands 5,134
United States 3,095
Puerto Rico 2,128
Colombia 678
Mexico 675
Guadeloupe 480
Martinique 282
Honduras 168
Belize 157
Cayman Islands 139
Panama 122
Cuba 119
Bonaire 111
Jamaica 111
Curaçao 94
Bahamas 86
Dominican Republic 82
Venezuela 60
Spain 55
Bermuda 42
Dominica 42
Saint Lucia 40
British Virgin Islands 36
Saint Barthélemy 29
Haiti 29
ZZ 27
Antigua & Barbuda 26
Trinidad & Tobago 26
Sint Maarten 24
St Vincent & the Grenadines 23
Aruba 21
Barbados 21
Brazil 20
Saint Martin 20
St Kitts & Nevis 16
Turks and Caicos Islands 16
Costa Rica 14
Thailand 14
Grenada 12
Saint Helena 11

Showing the top 40 of 53 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Diadematidae.

blue-black urchin
3,307 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.