Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Asterostomatidae

Synonym: Platybryssus Meissner 1903 [objective synonym]

Parent taxon: Asterostomatidae according to A. G. Fischer 1966

See also Kroh 2007 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Antillaster, Argopatagus, Asterostoma, Brissolampas, Brissomorpha, Cleistechinus, Delopatagus, Elipneustes, Genicopatagus, Heterobrissus, Linopneustes, Megapetalus, Moronaster, Palaeobrissus, Paleotrema, Peripatagus, Plesiozonus, Prosostoma, Pycnolampas, Pygospatangus

Subtaxa: Platybrissus (Eurypatagus) Platybrissus (Platybrissus)

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Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platybrissus in the database

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