Histocidaris elegans Agassiz 1879 (pencil urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae
Alternative combination: Porocidaris elegans
Belongs to Histocidaris according to S. K. Donovan et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Histocidaris cobosi, Histocidaris rosaria
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Histocidaris elegans in the database
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