Cidaris cidaris

Cidaris cidaris
Cidaris cidaris Dried specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Cidaroida
Family: Cidaridae
Genus: Cidaris
Species:
C. cidaris
Binomial name
Cidaris cidaris
Synonyms[1]
  • Cidaris borealis Düben, 1844
  • Cidaris hystrix (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Cidaris papillata Leske, 1778
  • Cidarites hystrix Lamarck, 1816
  • Dorocidaris papillata (Leske, 1778)
  • Echinus cidaris Linnaeus, 1758
  • Leiocidaris hystrix (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Leiocidaris papillata (Leske, 1778)
  • Orthocidaris hystrix (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Orthocidaris papillata (Leske, 1778)

Cidaris cidaris is a species of sea urchin commonly known as the long-spine slate pen sea urchin. It is found in deep water in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

  1. ^ a b Kroh, Andreas (2012). "Cidaris cidaris (Linnaeus, 1758)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2013-04-25.