†Plegiocidaris coronata Schlotheim 1820 (pencil urchin)
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Alternative combination: Cidaris coronata
Synonym: Cidarites moniliferus Goldfuss 1826
Belongs to Plegiocidaris according to B. Hostettler and U. Menkveld-Gfeller 2015
Sister taxa: Plegiocidaris bradfordensis, Plegiocidaris coronatus, Plegiocidaris crucifera, Plegiocidaris platyspina, Plegiocidaris saemanni
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (4), Poland (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (3)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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