Cidaris
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| Cidaris cidaris | |
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| Genus: | Cidaris Leske, 1778
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| Echinus cidaris, Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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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 extant species [1]
- Cidaris abyssicola (A. Agassiz, 1869)
- Cidaris annulata (Gray)
- Cidaris baculosa (Lamarck)
- Cidaris blakei (A. Agassiz, 1878)
- Cidaris canaliculata
- Cidaris cidaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cidaris rugosa (H. L. Clark, 1907)
- Cidaris thouarsii (Val.)
- Extinct species or names brought to synonymy
- †Cidaris elegans Munster, 1826[2]
- Cidaris elegans (A. Agassiz, 1879), a synonym for Histocidaris elegans
References
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