†Paracidaris florigemma Phillips 1829 (pencil urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae
Alternative combination: Cidaris florigemma
Belongs to Paracidaris according to E. A. Bischof et al. 2018
See also Hostettler et al. 2017 and Smith 2015
Sister taxa: Paracidaris (Anisocidaris), Paracidaris blumenbachi, Paracidaris jeanneti, Paracidaris laeviuscula, Paracidaris toucasi, Paracidaris wrightii
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (3 collections), Germany (2), Switzerland (23), the United Kingdom (20)
Total: 48 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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