The urchin Diadema antillarum Philippi (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) was extremely rare to absent from reefs throughout Jamaica during much of the 1980s and part of the 1990s following a Caribbean wide mortality event. This survey was conducted in 2007 to assess their distribution on the western forereef of Discovery Bay, Jamaica. Mean urchin densities of 3.93 ± 3.4 m -2 (mean ± SD) are the highe...