Prionocidaris baculosa Lamarck 1816 (pencil urchin)

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Alternative combination: Cidaris (Cidaris) baculosa

Belongs to Prionocidaris according to S. Nisiyama 1966

Sister taxa: Prionocidaris avenionensis, Prionocidaris bispinosa, Prionocidaris emiratus, Prionocidaris morgani, Prionocidaris pistillaris, Prionocidaris pseudopistillum

Subtaxa: Prionocidaris baculosa anulifera

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

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Prionocidaris baculosa in the database

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