Arbacia Gray 1835 (sea urchin)
Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Parent taxon: Arbaciidae according to R. A. Linder et al. 1988
Sister taxa: Acropeltis, Acrosaster, Arbaciella, Arbia, Atopechinus, Baueria, Codiopsis, Coelopleurus, Cottaldia, Glypticus, Goniopygus, Heteropodia, Magnosia, Pleiocyphus, Podocidaris
Subtaxa: Arbacia abiquaensis, Arbacia lixula
Type: Echinus lixula
Ecology: epifaunal grazer