Cidaris
Encyclopedia
Cidaris is a genus of pencil sea urchin
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Sea urchin
Sea urchins or urchins are small, spiny, globular animals which, with their close kin, such as sand dollars, constitute the class Echinoidea of the echinoderm phylum. They inhabit all oceans. Their shell, or "test", is round and spiny, typically from across. Common colors include black and dull...
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Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the genus Cidaris contains the following species- 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.)