†Plegiocidaris crucifera Agassiz 1840 (pencil urchin)
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Alternative combination: Cidaris crucifera
Synonyms: Cidaris cervicalis Agassiz 1840, Plegiocidaris cervicalis Agassiz 1840
Belongs to Plegiocidaris according to E. A. Bischof et al. 2018
See also Hostettler et al. 2017 and Smith 2009
Sister taxa: Plegiocidaris bradfordensis, Plegiocidaris coronata, Plegiocidaris coronatus, Plegiocidaris platyspina, Plegiocidaris saemanni
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (4 collections), Germany (2), Poland (1), Romania (1), Switzerland (12)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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