Heliocidaris (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Strongylocentrotidae

Parent taxon: Strongylocentrotidae according to U. S. Grant and L. G. Hertlein 1938

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Allocentrotus, Caenocentrotus, Loxechinus, Strongylocentrotus

Subtaxa: Heliocidaris stenopora

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Heliocidaris in the database

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