†Plegiocidaris coronatus Schlotheim 1820 (pencil urchin)
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Alternative combination: Echinus coronatus
Belongs to Plegiocidaris according to A. B. Smith 2009
See also Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller 2015 and Kiessling 2009
Sister taxa: Plegiocidaris bradfordensis, Plegiocidaris coronata, Plegiocidaris crucifera, Plegiocidaris platyspina, Plegiocidaris saemanni
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Plegiocidaris coronatus in the database
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