Goniocidaris indica

Goniocidaris indica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cidaroida
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Goniocidarinae
Genus: Goniocidaris
Subgenus: Goniocidaris (Goniocidaris)
Species: Goniocidaris (Goniocidaris) indica

Name

Goniocidaris indica Mortensen, 1939

• ZooBank: 548787E4-C043-4E97-B3B1-F69084FB347B

• Type locality: Indian Ocean, Pemba Island, 5.083333°S 39.366667°E / -5.083333; 39.366667, depth 640 m.

• Syntypes: BMNH 1948.9.16.2-3 [1]; NHMD89735 [2].

Synonymy

• Goniocidaris indica Mortensen, 1939: 3–6, pl. 1(1–4), pl. 5(4, 7), pl. 6(17–18), textfigs. 1–2; — Filander & Griffiths, 2014: 50, pl. 1(C); — Filander & Griffiths, 2017: 15.

References

• Filander, Z. & Griffiths, C.L. 2014. Additions to and revision of the South African echinoid fauna (Echinodermata: Echinoidea). African Natural History 10: 47–56. Online. Reference page. 
• Filander, Z. & Griffiths, C.L. 2017. Illustrated guide to the echinoid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) fauna of South Africa. Zootaxa 4296(1): 1–72. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4296.1.1. Reference page. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1939. Report on the Echinoidea of the Murray Expedition. Part I. The John Murray Expedition 1933–34. Scientific Reports 6(1): 1–28. BHL. Reference page. 

Links

• Goniocidaris indica Mortensen, 1939 in the World Echinoidea Database, accessed on December 25, 2025

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