Cyclaster sanchezi Lambert 1922 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Belongs to Cyclaster according to M. Sanchez Roig 1926

See also Kier 1984

Sister taxa: Cyclaster aturicus, Cyclaster danicus, Cyclaster drewryensis, Cyclaster galei, Cyclaster jacksoni, Cyclaster posita

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sierra Maraguan, Camagüey, which is in a Senonian marine horizon in Cuba

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Sierra Maraguan, Camagüey

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