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Chondrocidaris
Sign in to saveChondrocidaris is a genus of sea urchins of the family Cidaridae described in 1863 by Alexander Agassiz. There are two living species and several fossil species dating as far back as the Miocene.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassEchinoidea
- OrderCidaroida
- FamilyCidaridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 12
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Cidaridae
- Collections
- CAS, UF, QM, WAM
- Recorded in
- United States, Comoro Islands [Comoros], French Polynesia, Australia, Indonesia
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- taxon
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- Chondrocidaris gigantea.JPG
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- taxon name
- Chondrocidaris
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- genus
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- Chondrocidaris
- taxonomic type
- Chondrocidaris gigantea
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Chondrocidaris is a genus of sea urchins of the family Cidaridae described in 1863 by Alexander Agassiz. There are two living species and several fossil species dating as far back as the Miocene. Living species: Chondrocidaris brevispina (Clark, 1925) Chondrocidaris gigantea (Agassiz, 1863)
Image:Chondrocidaris brevispina.jpg|Chondrocidaris brevispina Image:Reef0228.jpg|Chondrocidaris gigantea Extinct species: Chondrocidaris clarkii Chondrocidaris marianica Chondrocidaris problepteryx
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chondrocidaris” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.