Hypsopygaster (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae

Parent taxon: Cassidulidae according to P. M. Kier 1966

See also Kier 1962 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Breynella, Cassidulus, Catopygus, Echanthus, Nucleopygus, Ochetes, Rhyncholampas, Stigmatopygus

Subtaxa: Hypsopygaster ungosensis

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Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hypsopygaster in the database

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