Chondrocidaris

Chondrocidaris gigantea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cidaroida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Echinoidea Subclassis: †Perischoechinoidea Ordo: Cidaroida

Familia: Cidaridae
Subfamilia: Cidarinae
Genus: Chondrocidaris
Species (2 + 3 †): C. brevispina – †C. clarkii – C. gigantea – †C. marianica – †C. problepteryx

Name

Chondrocidaris A. Agassiz, 1863

• ZooBank: 89C04EED-3E03-4AA7-BC67-E88DE1F9F347

• Type species: Chondrocidaris gigantea A. Agassiz, 1863, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Chondrocidaris A. Agassiz, 1863: 18; — Mortensen, 1903: 29.

References

• Agassiz, A.E. 1863. List of the Echinoderms sent to different Institutions in Exchange for other Specimens, with Annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 1(2): 17–28. BHL. Reference page. 
• Mortensen, T. 1903. Echinoidea (Part I). The Danish Ingolf-Expedition 4: 198 pp, 21 pls. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Chondrocidaris A. Agassiz, 1863 in the World Echinoidea Database, accessed on february 01, 2026

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