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 abyssicola (A. Agassiz, 1869)

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

*Dorocidaris abyssicola*	A. Agassiz, 1869	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: abyssal sea urchin sources: National General Status Working Group [Groupe de travail national sur la situation générale]. (2017). Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada [Noms communs normalisés pour les espèces sauvages au Canada].

French: oursin des abysses

Literature

basis of record	Mortensen, T. (1928b). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. I. Cidaroidea, 551 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.
additional source	Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S.

Genbank

Citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Cidaris abyssicola (A. Agassiz, 1869). 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:422478