WoRMS taxon details
Plococidaris Mortensen, 1909
203999 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:203999)
accepted
Genus
- Species Plococidaris verticillata (Lamarck, 1816)
- Species Plococidaris bispinosa (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Prionocidaris bispinosa (Lamarck, 1816) (transferred to Prionocidaris)
- Species Plococidaris vertillata accepted as Plococidaris verticillata (Lamarck, 1816) (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
Status Clark (1946) and Hoggett & Rowe (1986) synonymize Plococidaris with Prionocidaris despite the very different spine morphology.
Taxonomy New results by Brosseau et al. (2012) based on analysis of COI and 28 S sequences show that Stylocidaris is not closely...
Status Clark (1946) and Hoggett & Rowe (1986) synonymize Plococidaris with Prionocidaris despite the very different spine morphology. [details]
Taxonomy New results by Brosseau et al. (2012) based on analysis of COI and 28 S sequences show that Stylocidaris is not closely...
Taxonomy New results by Brosseau et al. (2012) based on analysis of COI and 28 S sequences show that Stylocidaris is not closely related to Cidaris, but forms a clade of its own together with Acanthocidaris, Prionocidaris and Plococidaris. [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Plococidaris Mortensen, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203999 on 2026-08-12
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2006-09-27 07:06:07Z
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Clark (1946) and Hoggett & Rowe (1986) synonymize Plococidaris with Prionocidaris despite the very different spine morphology. [details]Taxonomy New results by Brosseau et al. (2012) based on analysis of COI and 28 S sequences show that Stylocidaris is not closely related to Cidaris, but forms a clade of its own together with Acanthocidaris, Prionocidaris and Plococidaris. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | フシザオウニ属 | [details] |
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To Echinoid Directory
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plococidaris)
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To Echinoid Directory
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plococidaris)
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