Strongylocentrotus echinoides Agassiz and Clark 1907 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Strongylocentrotidae
Belongs to Strongylocentrotus according to Agassiz and Clark 1907
See also Nisiyama 1966
Sister taxa: Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, Strongylocentrotus fragilis, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus, Strongylocentrotus intermedius, Strongylocentrotus magistrus, Strongylocentrotus nudus, Strongylocentrotus octoporus, Strongylocentrotus polycanthus, Strongylocentrotus pulchellus, Strongylocentrotus pulcherriumus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Strongylocentrotus sachalinicus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Akatamobuchi (Pliocene of Japan)
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