Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Diadema africanum being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Diadema mexicanum
- Diadema savignyi
- Centrostephanus longispinus
- Centrostephanus coronatus
- Diadema antillarum
- Diadema setosum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Echinoidea
- Order
- Diadematoida
- Family
- Diadematidae
- Genus
- Diadema
- Species
- Diadema africanum
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