WoRMS name details
Gymnocidaris A. Agassiz, 1863
536184 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:536184)
unaccepted (junior homonym of Gymnocidaris L. Agassiz, 1838)
Genus
- Species Gymnocidaris metularia (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Eucidaris metularia (Lamarck, 1816) (transferred to Eucidaris)
- Species Gymnocidaris minor A. Agassiz, 1863 accepted as Eucidaris metularia (Lamarck, 1816) (subjective junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Agassiz, A. (1863). List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 1: 17-28.
page(s): 17 [details]
page(s): 17 [details]
Taxonomy Originally included species: G. metularis (Lamarck, 1816); Pliocene to Recent, Indo-Pacific.
G. minor A. Agassiz, 1863;...
G. minor A. Agassiz, 1863;...
Taxonomy Originally included species: G. metularis (Lamarck, 1816); Pliocene to Recent, Indo-Pacific.
G. minor A. Agassiz, 1863; Recent, Sandwich and Kingsmills Islands. [details]
G. minor A. Agassiz, 1863; Recent, Sandwich and Kingsmills Islands. [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Gymnocidaris A. Agassiz, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536184 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Agassiz, A. (1863). List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 1: 17-28.
page(s): 17 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1928b). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. I. Cidaroidea, 551 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.
page(s): 384 [details]
page(s): 17 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1928b). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. I. Cidaroidea, 551 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.
page(s): 384 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Originally included species: G. metularis (Lamarck, 1816); Pliocene to Recent, Indo-Pacific. G. minor A. Agassiz, 1863; Recent, Sandwich and Kingsmills Islands. [details]