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Eucidaris

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Eucidaris was named as a genus. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cidaris (Eucidaris) by Döderlein (1887).

It was assigned to Cidaris by Döderlein (1887); to Cidaridae by Grant and Hertlein (1938); to Stereocidarinae by Nisiyama (1966); to Cidarinae by Fell (1966); and to Cidaroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Cidaris (Eucidaris) Döderlein
1938Eucidaris Grant and Hertlein p. 7
1966Eucidaris Fell p. U333
1966Eucidaris Nisiyama p. 168
2002Eucidaris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
subfamilyStereocidarinae()
genusEucidaris

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Eucidaris metularia Lamarck 1816
Eucidaris zeamays Sismonda 1842
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Invalid names: Cidaris fragilis Airaghi 1901 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available