Chondrocidaris (pencil urchin)
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
PaleoDB taxon number: 32790
Parent taxon: Rhabdocidarinae according to S. Nisiyama 1966
Sister taxa: Megacidaris, Parhabdocidaris, Plococidaris, Porocidaris
Subtaxa: Chondrocidaris marianica
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore