Cidaroidea Smith 1984

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

Los Cayitos, Islas De La Bahia, Honduras

Kasawari, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Diano Marina, Liguria, Italy

Singapore, South East, Singapore

Echinoderms from AustraliaCambridge, U.S.A. :Printed for the Museum,1938.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374777

The beautiful pencil urchin looks quite different from the pencil slate urchin, and is less common. The spines are longer and have serrations.

Onna, Okinawa, Japan

Aboral view

Onna, Okinawa, Japan

Natural history of Victoria. Dec. 6-10Melbourne,J.Ferres, government printer;1885-90.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5013626

Cidaris cidaris preserved specimen from the French Mediterranean, in collection at Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse (MHNT.ZOO.2006.25.1). Lateral view.

Aporocidaris eltaniana / left: complete view, upper right: oral view, lower right: lateral view.

Eucidaris metularia from Mayotte, western Indian ocean.

Eucidaris tribuloides (aboral view), collected off of Piedra de Galera, San Blas, Caribbean coast, Panama. Source : Echinoderms of Panama.

Histocidaris variabilis observed in deep waters off to Hawaii by NOAA Okeanos Explorer mission (Hohonu Moana Okeanos Explorer Expedition). Note that the white "galls" on the spines are symbiotic barnacles.

Centrocidaris doederleini, oral view. Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama, eastern Pacific. ID & Photographer : Simon E. Coppard.

aboral view of the holotype from Fell, H. B. 1958. Deep-Sea Echinoderms of New Zealand. Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington 24, 1-40.

Preserved specimen of Tylocidaris ohshimai from MNHN, probably found around Philippines.

lateral

dorsal