Echinarachnius parma Lamarck 1816 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae

Alternative combination: Scutella parma

Belongs to Echinarachnius according to C. D. Wagner 1974

See also Cooke 1942 and Grant and Hertlein 1938

Sister taxa: Echinarachnius alaskense, Echinarachnius andersoni, Echinarachnius astrodapsoides, Echinarachnius brewerianus, Echinarachnius newcombei, Echinarachnius plafkeri, Echinarachnius ungaensis

Subtaxa: Echinarachnius parma obesa

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Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Barth (1956) - Rush Hill, St Paul (Quaternary of Alaska)

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