Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis Müller 1776 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Strongylocentrotidae

Alternative combination: Echinus droebachiensis

Belongs to Strongylocentrotus according to A. B. Smith 2009

See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Cooke 1941 and Grant and Hertlein 1938

Sister taxa: Strongylocentrotus echinoides, Strongylocentrotus fragilis, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus, Strongylocentrotus intermedius, Strongylocentrotus magistrus, Strongylocentrotus nudus, Strongylocentrotus octoporus, Strongylocentrotus polycanthus, Strongylocentrotus pulchellus, Strongylocentrotus pulcherriumus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Strongylocentrotus sachalinicus

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (2: British Columbia, New Brunswick collections), Greenland (15), Iceland (2), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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