Pachycidaris (pencil urchin)

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Miocidaridae

Parent taxon: Miocidaridae according to H. B. Fell 1966

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anaulocidaris, Aplocidaris, Couvelardicidaris, Dicyclocidaris, Eotiaris, Miocidaris, Panniericidaris, Permocidaris, Procidaris

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pachycidaris in the database

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