Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Echinoidea > Subclass Cidaroidea > Order Cidaroida > Superfamily Cidaroidea > Family Cidaridae > Subfamily Cidarinae > Genus Cidaris

Cidaris cidaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cidaris*	Leske, 1778	accepted genus name
*Cidarites*	auct.	synonym
*Dorocidaris*	A. Agassiz, 1869	synonym

Species group names

*Cidaris borealis*	Düben, 1844	synonym
*Cidaris papillata*	Leske, 1778	synonym
*Cidarites hystrix*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym
*Echinus cidaris*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: iriqi i detit me purteka sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

German: Lanzenseeigel sources: Riedl, R. 1983. Fauna und Flora des Mittelmeeres. Ein Systematischer Meeresführer für Biologen und Naturfreunde. Verlag Paul Parey, Hamburg, pp. 831.

Norwegian Bokmål: sjøpiggsvinkonge sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: sjøpiggsvinkonge sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: piggsvinssjöborre

Literature

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	Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp.
additional source	Mortensen, T. (1928b). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. I. Cidaroidea, 551 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genbank

Citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Cidaris cidaris (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:124257