Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Echinoidea > Subclass Euechinoidea > Infraclass Carinacea > Subterclass Echinacea > Order Camarodonta > Infraorder Echinidea > Superfamily Odontophora

Strongylocentrotidae Gregory, 1900

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Strongylocentrotus Brandt, 1835

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: オオバフンウニ科 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Swedish: tistelsjöborrar

Literature

original description	Gregory, J. W. 1900. The Echinoidea [Chapter 15]. Pp. 282-332 in F. A. Bather, J. W. Gregory & E. S. Goodrich (ed.) A Treatise on Zoology. Part III. The Echinoderma. A.&C. Black, London.
basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.
additional source	Tatarenko, D.E. & Poltaraus, A.B. 1993. Affiliation of sea urchin Pseudocentrotus depressus to the family Strongylocentrotidae and description of a new genus Mesocentrotus belonging to the group based on DNA-DNA hybridization and comparative morphological data. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 72(2), 61-72.
additional source	Kroh, A. & Smith, A.B. (2010): The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 8/2: 147-212.
additional source	Vinnikova, V. V. & Drozdov, A. L. 2011. The ultrastrucure of spines in sea urchins of the family Strongylocentrotidae. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 5, 573-579.
identification resource	Smith, A.B. 2013. Key to the genera of Strongylocentrotidae. In: Smith, A.B. & Kroh, A. (editors) The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication.

Genbank

Citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Strongylocentrotidae Gregory, 1900. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123161