Cucumarites proteus Mortensen 1937 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Stichopitidae

Alternative combination: Cucumaria proteus

Full reference: T. Mortensen. 1937. Some echinoderm remains from the Jurassic of Wurttemberg. Biologiske Meddelelser, Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Kjobenhavn 13:1-28

Belongs to Cucumarites according to M. Deflandre-Rigaud 1952

See also Mortensen 1937

Sister taxa: Cucumarites ambiguus, Cucumarites angulatus, Cucumarites compactus, Cucumarites dentatus, Cucumarites dentigerus, Cucumarites diplococcus, Cucumarites diversimeatus, Cucumarites dubius, Cucumarites feifeli, Cucumarites heteroporus, Cucumarites holsaticus, Cucumarites inflatus, Cucumarites microporus, Cucumarites mortenseni, Cucumarites nigrivaccae, Cucumarites pauciperforatus, Cucumarites pauciperforatus, Cucumarites punctiferus, Cucumarites radiatus, Cucumarites robustus, Cucumarites scaber, Cucumarites schlumbergeri, Cucumarites soodanii, Cucumarites sparsispinosus, Cucumarites speciosus, Cucumarites spitiensis, Cucumarites squamma, Cucumarites undatus

Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cucumarites proteus in the database

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