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Arbaciidae
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Arbaciidae

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.

This order includes about 50 species (roughly 24 extant) divided into 14 genera:

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8 branches of this family, most-observed first

Arbacia

genusArbacia

Coelopleurus

genusCoelopleurus

Podocidaris

genusPodocidaris

Arbaciella

genusArbaciella

Habrocidaris

genusHabrocidaris

Sexpyga

genusSexpyga

Dialithocidaris

genusDialithocidaris

Pygmaeocidaris

genusPygmaeocidaris

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 120868.