''Stylocidaris'' is a genus of
echinoderms
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 larv ...
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
Species:
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Stylocidaris affinis''
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Stylocidaris albidens''
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Stylocidaris amboinae''
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Stylocidaris annulosa''
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Stylocidaris badia''
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Stylocidaris bracteata''
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Stylocidaris brevicollis''
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Stylocidaris calacantha''
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Stylocidaris chapmani''
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Stylocidaris cingulata''
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Stylocidaris conferta''
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Stylocidaris effluens''
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Stylocidaris laevispina''
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Stylocidaris lineata''
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Stylocidaris lorioli''
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Stylocidaris maculosa''
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Stylocidaris reini''
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Stylocidaris rufa''
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Stylocidaris ryukyuensis''
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Stylocidaris tiara''
References
Cidaridae
Cidaroida genera
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