• Goniocidaris Desor, E. in Agassiz, L. & Desor, E. 1846. Catalogue raisonné des familles des genres et des espèces de la Classe de Echinodermes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 3 6: 305-374 [337].

  Type species:

   Cidarites geranoides Lamarck, 1816 by subsequent designation, see Mortensen, T. 1928. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. I. Cidaroidea. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 551 pp. 73 figs 88 pls. [150].
• Stephanocidaris Agassiz, A. 1863. List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 1(2): 17-28 [18].

  Type species:

   Cidarites tubaria Lamarck, 1816 by original designation.
• Adelcidaris Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1942. Echinodermata of the Flindersian region, Southern Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7(2): 193-233 pl. 12 [217].

  Type species:

   Cidarites tubaria Lamarck, 1816 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Fell, H.B. 1966. Echinozoa: Cidaroids. pp. U312-U339 figs 235-254 in Moore, R.C. (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part U. Echinodermata. 3. Asterozoa-Echinozoa. Kansas : Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press Vol. 1. [U325]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Great Australian Bight, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: S oceanic, SE oceanic

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

General References

Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (Agassiz (1972) gave a description of Stephanocidaris and included the species Cidarites bispinosa Lamarck, 1816. [434] lists Stephanocidaris sensu A. Agassiz, 1872 as a synonym of Prionocidaris A. Agassiz, 1863 and [161] explains the problem of recognising Cidarites geranoides Lamarck, 1816 as the type species)

History of changes

• Goniocidaris impressa Koehler, R. 1926. Echinodermata Echinoidea. Scientific Reports of the Australasian Antarctic Research Expedition, 1911-1914 8: 1-134 pls 91-124 [24, pls 91(1-8), 92(1-5, 8-10, 12-14), 119(1)].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J4849, Maria Island, TAS.
  Paratype(s) AM J4907 2 specimens, Maria Island, TAS; AM J4908 5 specimens, Maria Island, TAS.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Circum-Tas and Waterloo Bay, Wilson's Promontory, Vic to Spencer Gulf, SA. Depth range 9-160 m.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, temperate.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Rowe, F.W.E. & Hoggett, A. 1986. The cidarid echinoids (Echinodermata) of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 108(4): 225-261 figs 1-15 (fig. 5B, not 5C which =Goniocidaris tubaria (Lamarck, 1816)

History of changes

• Goniocidaris sibogae Mortensen, T. 1928. New Cidaridae. Preliminary Notice. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 85: 65-74 [68].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMA E2129 2 specimens, the Moluccan Sea (5º03´S 119ºE), Indonesia.
• Goniocidaris alba Mortensen, T. 1928. New Cidaridae. Preliminary Notice. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 85: 65-74 [67].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC, south of Bonomisaki, Satsuma, Japan.
• Goniocidaris australiae Mortensen, T. 1928. New Cidaridae. Preliminary Notice. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 85: 65-74 [68].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC, 38º10´S 149º55´E, off NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rowe, F.W.E. & Hoggett, A. 1986. The cidarid echinoids (Echinodermata) of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 108(4): 225-261 figs 1-15 [235]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Norah Heads, NSW to off Cape Pillar, Tas; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 36-490 m.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, Tas. Coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, temperate.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Dartnall, A.J. 1980. Tasmanian Echinoderms. Fauna of Tasmania Handbook No. 3. Hobart : Fauna of Tasmania Committee 82 pp. 36 figs 5 pls. (as Goniocidaris australiae Mortensen, 1928)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Hoggett, A. 1986. The cidarid echinoids (Echinodermata) of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 108(4): 225-261 figs 1-15

History of changes

• Cidarites tubaria Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Echinides. pp. 1–59 in, Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Edn 1 Vol. 3. Paris. 1-59 pp. [57].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MNHP, Australia.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Ballina, NSW to north of Perth, WA. Depth range 0-630 m.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Great Australian Bight, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: S oceanic, SE oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, inshore, temperate.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Dartnall, A.J. 1980. Tasmanian Echinoderms. Fauna of Tasmania Handbook No. 3. Hobart : Fauna of Tasmania Committee 82 pp. 36 figs 5 pls.

Rowe, F.W.E. & Hoggett, A. 1986. The cidarid echinoids (Echinodermata) of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 108(4): 225-261 figs 1-15 (fig 5C, not 5B which =Goniocidaris impressa Koehler, 1926, due to printing error)

History of changes