†Polycidaris spinosa Agassiz 1840 (pencil urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae
Alternative combination: Cidaris spinosa
Belongs to Polycidaris according to B. Hostettler and U. Menkveld-Gfeller 2015
See also Münster 1841
Sister taxa: Polycidaris escheri, Polycidaris gygii, Polycidaris ilminsterensis, Polycidaris legayi, Polycidaris nusplingensis, Polycidaris regularis, Polycidaris spinulosa
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Switzerland (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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