Porocidaris (pencil urchin)
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
PaleoDB taxon number: 32827
Parent taxon: Rhabdocidarinae according to H. B. Fell 1966
Sister taxa: Chondrocidaris, Megacidaris, Parhabdocidaris, Plococidaris
Subtaxa: Porocidaris lopezi, Porocidaris prior, Porocidaris schmideli
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore