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Cidaris
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Cidaris is a genus of pencil sea urchins.

Species

Genus

  1. PhylumMollusca
  2. ClassGastropoda
  3. OrderLittorinimorpha
  4. FamilyLittorinidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,243
With media
171
Family
Cidaridae
Collections
USNM, SDNHM, NHMUK, IGL-UNAM, UF, FI-UNAM
Recorded in
United States, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, Mexico, France, Germany

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Cidaridae
Image
Cidaris cidaris MHNT.jpg
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Cidaris
taxon name
Cidaris
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Species
  • Extinct species or names brought to synonymy
  • References

Cidaris is a genus of pencil sea urchins.

== Species == thumb|Cidaris cidaris According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the genus Cidaris contains the following extant species 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)

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