Arbacioida Explained

Arbacioida are an order of sea urchins, consisting of a single extant family, the Arbaciidae. They are distinguished from other sea urchins by the presence of five separate plates around the anus. Unlike their close relatives, the Salenioida, all of the tubercles on their tests are of similar size.

Genera:

• Arbacia Gray, 1835
• Arbaciella Mortensen, 1910
• Arbia Cooke, 1948†
• Baueria Noetling, 1885†
• Codiopsis Agassiz, in Agassiz & Desor, 1846†
• Coelopleurus Agassiz, 1840a
• Cottaldia Desor, 1856 †
• Dialithocidaris Agassiz, 1898
• Habrocidaris Agassiz & Clark, 1907b
• Hattopsis
• Podocidaris Agassiz, 1869
• Pygmaeocidaris Döderlein, 1905
• Sexpyga Shigei, 1975
• Tetrapygus Agassiz, 1841b

References

• Book: Barnes, Robert D. . 1982 . Invertebrate Zoology . Holt-Saunders International . Philadelphia, PA. 980. 0-03-056747-5.
• Web site: National History Museum . Arbacioida . 19 Dec 2009 .