Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

PaleoDB taxon number: 141952

Alternative spelling: Cidarina

Parent taxon: Cidaridae according to A. Kroh and A. B. Smith 2010

Sister taxa: Centrocidaris, Cidarini, Cidaris, Dorocidaris, Hesperocidaris, Prionocidaris, Rhabdocidarinae, Stereocidarinae, Stylocidarinae, Triassicidaris

Subtaxa: Alpicidaris, Cyathocidaris, Leiocidaris, Phyllacanthus, Stylocidaris

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Type: Cidaris

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore