†Opissaster cantabriae Sanchez-Roig 1953 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Full reference: M. Sanchez-Roig. 1953. Nuevos Equinidos fosiles de la fauna Cubana. Anales de la Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas Y Naturales de la Habana 41:136-176
Belongs to Opissaster according to M. Sanchez-Roig 1953
Sister taxa: Opissaster derasmoi, Opissaster herrerae, Opissaster rotundatus, Opissaster tainui
Type specimen: Sanchez Roig Tipo No779, a test.
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Opissaster cantabriae in the database
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