Orthocidaris A. Agassiz

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: Orthocidaris
Species:

• Transferred to other genera (1): O. affinis
  
• In synonymy (2): O. hystrix – O. papillata
  

Name

Orthocidaris A. Agassiz, 1863: 17

• ZooBank: BE129041-843F-4064-863E-09139C3AE983

• Status:   junior subjective synonym   of Cidaris Leske, 1778

• Homonym: †Orthocidaris Cotteau, 1862

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. 

Links

• Orthocidaris A. Agassiz, 1863 in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on January 31, 2026