Cidaris

This article is about the genus of sea urchin. For the ancient Persian hat, see Kidaris.

Cidaris Temporal range: Triassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Cidaris cidaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Cidaroida
Family:	Cidaridae
Subfamily:	Cidarinae
Genus:	Cidaris Leske, 1778
Type species
Echinus cidaris , Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Dorocidaris Agassiz, 1869

Cidaris is a genus of pencil sea urchins.

Species

Cidaris cidaris

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

• Cidaris abyssicola (Agassiz, 1869)
• Cidaris annulata (Gray, 1855)
• Cidaris baculosa (Lamarck, 1816)
• Cidaris blakei (Agassiz 1878)
• Cidaris cidaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cidaris mabahissae (Mortensen, 1939)
• Cidaris nuda (Mortensen, 1903)
• Cidaris rugosa (Clark, 1907)
• Cidaris thouarsii (Agassiz & Desor, 1846)

Extinct species or names brought to synonymy

• †Cidaris aculeata
• †Cidaris aialensis
• †Cidaris alpina
• †Cidaris alternata
• †Cidaris austriaca
• †Cidaris avena
• †Cidaris biconica
• †Cidaris biformis
• †Cidaris braunii
• †Cidaris buchii
• †Cidaris caudex
• †Cidaris cingulata
• †Cidaris coralliophila
• †Cidaris costalarensis
• †Cidaris costata
• †Cidaris costeanensis
• †Cidaris decorata
• †Cidaris decoratissima
• †Cidaris dorsata
• †Cidaris ecki
• † Cidaris elegans Munster, 1826 ^[2]
• †Cidaris elegansAgassiz, 1879, synonym for Histocidaris elegans
• †Cidaris forminensis
• †Cidaris fustis
• †Cidaris glabra
• †Cidaris hausmanni
• †Cidaris lanceata
• †Cidaris linearis
• †Cidaris milierensis
• †Cidaris ovata
• †Cidaris perplexa
• †Cidaris petersii
• †Cidaris plana
• †Cidaris pyramidalis
• †Cidaris quadrialata
• †Cidaris quadriserrata
• †Cidaris regnyi
• †Cidaris remifera
• †Cidaris remifera
• †Cidaris reticulata
• †Cidaris schwageri
• †Cidaris scrobiculata
• †Cidaris seelandica
• †Cidaris semicostata
• †Cidaris similis
• †Cidaris spinachristi
• †Cidaris spongiosa
• †Cidaris stipes
• †Cidaris stoppanii
• †Cidaris sulcata
• †Cidaris tenuicostata
• †Cidaris tetraedrica
• †Cidaris transversa
• †Cidaris trapezoidalis
• †Cidaris trigona
• †Cidaris triserrata
• †Cidaris undulatus
• †Cidaris valparolae
• †Cidaris verticillata
• †Cidaris verticillata
• †Cidaris waechteri
• †Cidaris wissmanni
• †Cidaris zardini

^[3]

References

1. WoRMS : Cidaris
2. irmng.org
3. Cidaris at Fossilworks.org