Diadema antillarum, also known as the long-spine sea urchin, is reportedly experiencing yet another high mortality event throughout the Caribbean, with reports
By Jorge J. Muñiz Ortiz San Juan, Apr 20 (EFE).- The deaths of hundreds of black sea urchins (Diadema antillarum) in a large expanse of the Caribbean Sea has generated alarm among scientists, who are investigating the causes and fear a repeat of a mass die-out that occurred in the early 1980s. The reason for …
The Cayman Islands Department of Environment said that Diadema antillarum, also known as the long-spine sea urchin, is reportedly experiencing yet another high mortality event throughout the Caribbean, with reports originating from. Thomas USVI in early February, Jamaica in early March, and Mexico, Dominica and St. Vincent in the past few weeks. A collaborative region-wide effort –the Diadema Response Network –has quickly formed to track and investigate the cause of this Diadema mortality event.