Family Plexechinidae Mooi and David 1996 (sea urchin)
Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Plexechinidae
Full reference: R. Mooi and B. David. 1996. Phylogenetic analysis of extreme morphologies: deep-sea holasteroid echinoids. Journal of Natural History 30:913-953
Parent taxon: Urechinina according to A. Kroh and A. B. Smith 2010
Sister taxa: Carnarechinidae, Pourtalesiidae, Urechinidae
Subtaxa: Plexechinus
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Plexechinidae in the database