Cidaris

Cidaris
Cidaris
Fossile Cidaris species
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Cidaroida
Family: Cidaridae
Genus: Cidaris
Leske, 1778
Type species
Echinus cidaris, Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms

Dorocidaris A. Agassiz, 1869

Cidaris is a genus of pencil sea urchins.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the genus Cidaris contains the following species [1]

  • Cidaris abyssicola (A. Agassiz, 1869)
  • Cidaris annulata (Gray)
  • Cidaris baculosa (Lamk.)
  • Cidaris blakei (A. Agassiz, 1878)
  • Cidaris canaliculata
  • Cidaris cidaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Cidaris rugosa (H. L. Clark, 1907)
  • Cidaris thouarsii (Val.)
Cidaris cidaris

References