''Histocidaris'' is a genus of

sea urchin Sea urchins () are spiny, globular echinoderms in the class Echinoidea. About 950 species of sea urchin live on the seabed of every ocean and inhabit every depth zone from the intertidal seashore down to . The spherical, hard shells (tests) of ...

s in the family

Histocidaridae Histocidaridae is a family of sea urchins. References * Thuy B, Gale AS, Kroh A, Kucera M, Numberger-Thuy LD, Reich M, et al. (2012) Ancient Origin of the Modern Deep-Sea Fauna. PLoS ONE 7(10): e46913, * Kroh, A. & Smith, A.B. (2010): The phy ...

. Some species are known from the fossil record.

Species

* '' Histocidaris acutispina'' Mortensen, 1927 * '' Histocidaris australiae'' Mortensen, 1928 * '' Histocidaris carinata'' Mortensen, 1928 * '' Histocidaris cobosi'' (A. Agassiz, 1898) * '' Histocidaris crassispina'' Mortensen, 1928 * '' Histocidaris denticulata'' Koehler, 1927 * '' Histocidaris elegans'' (A. Agassiz, 1879) * '' Histocidaris formosa'' Mortensen, 1928 * '' Histocidaris geneffensis'' Lambert, 1932 † * '' Histocidaris longicollis'' Hoggett & Rowe, 1986 * '' Histocidaris magnifica'' Mortensen, 1928 * '' Histocidaris mckayi'' Fell, 1954 † * '' Histocidaris misakiensis'' (Yoshiwara, 1898) * '' Histocidaris nuttingi'' Mortensen, 1926 * '' Histocidaris oranensis'' Lambert, 1931 † * '' Histocidaris purpurata'' (Thomson, 1872) * '' Histocidaris recurvata'' Mortensen, 1928 * '' Histocidaris sharreri'' (A. Agassiz, 1880) * '' Histocidaris variabilis'' (A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907)

References

Cidaroida genera Histocidaridae Taxa named by Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen {{echinoidea-stub