Genus Prionocidaris A. Agassiz, 1863

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Genus Prionocidaris A. Agassiz, 1863

Prionocidaris 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 pistillaris Lamarck, 1816 by monotypy.
Schleinitzia Studer, T. 1880. Übersicht über die während der Reise S.M.S. Corvette Gazelle um die Erde 1874–76 gesammelten Echinoiden. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1880: 861-885 2 pls [862].
Type species:
Schleinitzia crenularis Studer, 1880 by monotypy.
Secondary source:
Mortensen, T. 1928. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. I. Cidaroidea. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 551 pp. 73 figs 88 pls. [434, 436].
Pleurocidaris Pomel, N.A. 1883. Classification méthodique et généra des Echinides vivants et fossiles. Alger : Publisher unknown 131 pp. 1 pl. [111] [no type species designation, genus of doubtful validity].

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. [U330]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Afrotropical Region, New Caledonia, West Pacific Ocean

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	ECHINODERMATA	25-Aug-2023	MODIFIED	Nish Nizar (NMV)
15-Sep-2023		09-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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