†Diplocidaris gigantea Agassiz 1840 (pencil urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Diplocidaridae
Alternative combination: Cidaris gigantea
Synonyms: Cidaris cladifera Agassiz 1840, Cidaris pustulifera Agassiz 1840
Belongs to Diplocidaris according to E. A. Bischof et al. 2018
See also Hostettler et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Diplocidaris bernasconii, Diplocidaris crausiensis, Diplocidaris desori, Diplocidaris undulata, Diplocidaris wrightii
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Algeria (1 collection), Armenia (1), France (1), Portugal (2), Switzerland (5)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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