Diadema setosum?

[Leoglide]

Is this a diadema settosum? The body is jet black with no visible dots or lines.

 

[MnFish1]

Yes - it looks like it. The banding was a little odd at first (on the spines) - but it states in this article that thats a variant.

Diadema sea urchin (Diadema setosum)

Fact sheet with photos on flora and fauna of Singapore's intertidal shores

www.wildsingapore.com

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Its a Longshore urchin... lol
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[Karliefish]

Is this a diadema settosum? The body is jet black with no visible dots or lines.

Yes. Here is mine to compare