Echinoidea name details
original description
Agassiz, A. (1863). List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 1: 17-28. page(s): 17 [details]
From editor or global species database
Status The genus is a junior homonym of Orthocidaris Cotteau, 1862.
This was realized by alredy by A. Agassiz (1872-74: p. 74, 105), who treated it a synonym of Dorocidaris (now treated as synonym of Cidaris) [details]
Type species The taxonomic editors are unaware of any type-species designation for this genus. Originally included species are:
Cidaris hystrix Lamarck, 1816 [now Cidaris cidaris (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Cidaris affinis Philippi, 1845 [now Stylocidaris affinis (Philippi, 1845)]
Cidaris papillata Leske, 1778 [now Cidaris cidaris (Linnaeus, 1758)] [details]
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