Heliocidaris

Updated on Dec 07, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Family Echinometridae Rank Genus		Class Echinoidea Phylum Echinodermata Order Echinoida

Species Heliocidaris australiae Heliocidaris bajulus Heliocidaris crassispina Heliocidaris erythrogramma Heliocidaris ludbrookae † Heliocidaris robertsi Heliocidaris tuberculata Similar Heliocidaris erythrogramma, Echinometridae, Centrostephanus rodgersii, Echinometra, Strongylocentrotus

Competing species heliocidaris erythrogramma

Heliocidaris is a genus of sea urchins, part of the familia Echinometridae.

This genus is typical of west Pacific ocean (Japan to New Zealand), in particular in Australia. Some species are edible.

This genus contains 6 extant species and 1 fossile :

Heliocidaris australiae (A. Agassiz, 1872)

Heliocidaris bajulus (Dartnall, 1972)

Heliocidaris crassispina (A. Agassiz, 1863)

Heliocidaris erythrogramma (Valenciennes, 1846)

Heliocidaris ludbrookae Philip, 1965 †

Heliocidaris robertsi Lindley, 2004

Heliocidaris tuberculata (Lamarck, 1816)

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