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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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