Strongylocentrotidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Echinoida

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: Euechinoidea Infraclassis: Carinacea Superordo: Echinacea Ordo: Echinoida

Familia: Strongylocentrotidae
Genera: Hemicentrotus – Mesocentrotus – Pseudocentrotus – Strongylocentrotus

Name

Strongylocentrotidae Gregory, 1900

• Type genus: Strongylocentrotus Brandt, 1835

Synonymy

• Strongylocentrotidae Gregory, 1900; — Serafy & Fell, 1985: 22.
• Strongylocentrotinae Mortensen, 1903: 137.
  • ZooBank: 2E72F432-D1CE-4B63-B038-F92497F3938F
  • Type genus: Strongylocentrotus Brandt, 1835
  • Originally a subfamily of Toxopneustidae Troschel, 1872.

References

• Mortensen, T. 1903. Echinoidea (Part I). The Danish Ingolf-Expedition 4: 198 pp, 21 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Serafy, D.K. & Fell, F.J. 1985. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Echinodermata: Echinoidea. NOAA Technical Report NMFS. 33: 1–27. hdl: 1834/20578 . Reference page. 

Links

• Strongylocentrotidae Gregory, 1900 in the World Echinoidea Database, accessed on November 15, 2025

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