Polycidaris spinulosa Roemer 1836 (pencil urchin)

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae

Alternative combination: Cidarites spinulosa

Synonym: Cidaris confluens Forbes 1856

Belongs to Polycidaris according to A. B. Smith 2015

Sister taxa: Polycidaris escheri, Polycidaris gygii, Polycidaris ilminsterensis, Polycidaris legayi, Polycidaris nusplingensis, Polycidaris regularis, Polycidaris spinosa

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

Distribution: found only at Sunny Hill House, Frome (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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