Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Echinoidea > Subclass Euechinoidea > Infraclass Aulodonta > Superorder Echinothuriacea > Order Aspidodiadematoida > Family Aspidodiadematidae

Aspidodiadema A. Agassiz, 1879

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Aspidodiadema jacobyi A. Agassiz, 1880

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: クモガゼ属

Literature

original description	Agassiz, A. (1879). Preliminary report on the Echini of the Exploring Expedition of H.M.S "Challenger". Sir C. Wyville Thomson Chief of Civilian Staff. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. new series 6, 190-212.
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	Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII. 510 pp.
subsequent type designation	Agassiz, A. & Clark, H. L. 1908. Hawaiian and other Pacific Echini. The Salenidæ, Arbaciadæ, Aspidodiadematidæ, and Diadematidæ. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 34, 43-132.

Genbank

Citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Aspidodiadema A. Agassiz, 1879. 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:123392