Pygurus complanatus Tanaka 1965 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Irregularia - Clypeidae

Alternative combination: Pygurus (Pygurus) complanatus

Belongs to Pygurus according to S. Nisiyama 1968

Sister taxa: Pygurus (Mepygurus), Pygurus (Pyguropsis), Pygurus (Pygurus), Pygurus africanus, Pygurus asiaticus

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pygurus complanatus in the database

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