Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Astropyga depressa Gray, 1855 (subjective junior synonym) Astropyga dubia Peters, 1853 (subjective junior synonym) Astropyga pulvinata var. venusta Verrill, 1867 (subjective junior synonym) Astropyga venusta Verrill, 1867 (subjective junior synonym) Cidarites pulvinata Lamarck, 1816 (transferred to Astropyga) Diadema pulvinata (Lamarck, 1816) (transferred to Astropyga) Diadema pulvinatum (Lamarck, 1816) (transferred to Astropyga), fide Horton et al. (2021)

Origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution: Gulf of California, Baja California, Costa Rica, Cocos, Panama, Colombia, Revillagigedos and Ecuador in Santa Elena and Galápagos Islands.

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