''Stereocidaris'' is a genus of
echinoderm
An echinoderm () is any animal of the phylum Echinodermata (), which includes starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars and sea cucumbers, as well as the sessile sea lilies or "stone lilies". While bilaterally symmetrical as ...
belonging to the family
Cidaridae
Cidaridae is a family of sea urchins in the order Cidaroida.
Description and characteristics
Cidarid sea urchins are characterized by their stout skeleton : the test is thick and hard, with massive perforated tubercles (never crenulated) su ...
.
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species:
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Stereocidaris alcocki''
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Stereocidaris baileyi''
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Stereocidaris bolli''
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Stereocidaris canaliculata''
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Stereocidaris capensis''
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Stereocidaris cudmorei''
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Stereocidaris destefanii''
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Stereocidaris excavata''
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Stereocidaris fosteri''
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Stereocidaris grandis''
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Stereocidaris granularis''
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Stereocidaris hawaiiensis''
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Stereocidaris hispida''
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Stereocidaris hudspethensis''
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Stereocidaris hutchinsoni''
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Stereocidaris indica''
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Stereocidaris inermis''
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Stereocidaris ingolfiana''
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Stereocidaris intricata''
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Stereocidaris jaekeli''
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Stereocidaris keertii''
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Stereocidaris leucacantha''
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Stereocidaris microtuberculata''
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Stereocidaris monilifera''
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Stereocidaris nascaensis''
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Stereocidaris opipara''
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Stereocidaris purpurascens''
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Stereocidaris reducta''
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Stereocidaris rugensis''
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Stereocidaris sarracenarum''
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Stereocidaris sceptriferoides''
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Stereocidaris squamosa''
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Stereocidaris stylifera''
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Stereocidaris sulcatispinis''
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Stereocidaris trigonodus''
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Stereocidaris tubifera''
References
Cidaridae
Cidaroida genera
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