Cidaris

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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

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)

Extinct species or names brought to synonymy

References

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