Histocidaris elegans

Histocidaris elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Histocidaroidea

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 Superfamilia: Histocidaroidea

Familia: Histocidaridae
Genus: Histocidaris
Species: Histocidaris elegans

Name

Histocidaris elegans (A. Agassiz, 1879)

• Original combination: Porocidaris elegans A. Agassiz, 1879

Synonymy

• Porocidaris elegans A. Agassiz, 1879: 198.
• Histocidaris elegans (A. Agassiz, 1879) Mortensen, 1903: 22, 30.
• Cidaris (Histocidaris) elegans (A. Agassiz, 1879)
• Plegiocidaris challengeri Lambert & Thiéry, 1910

homonym: †Cidaris elegans Munster, 1826

References

• Agassiz, A.E. 1879. Preliminary report on the Echini of the exploring expedition of H. M. S. "Challenger," Sir C. Wyville Thomson chief of civilian staff. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences new series, 14: 190–212. BHL 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.  [as Histocidaris elegans p. 11–12, fig. 5A–B]
• Mortensen, T. 1903. Echinoidea (Part I). The Danish Ingolf-Expedition 4: 198 pp, 21 pls. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Histocidaris elegans (A. Agassiz, 1879) in the World Echinoidea Database, accessed on November 09, 2025

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