Maretia carinata Bolau 1873 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Spatangidae

Belongs to Maretia according to A. Kroh 2007

Sister taxa: Maretia carolinensis, Maretia clarki, Maretia cordata, Maretia elevata, Maretia elliptica, Maretia fasciata, Maretia hungarica, Maretia mascareignarum, Maretia parvituberculata, Maretia peloria, Maretia planulata, Maretia praelongus, Maretia saccoi, Maretia savini, Maretia tuberculata, Maretia twitchelli, Maretia variegatus, Maretia zeisei, Spatangus (Maretia) perornatus

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Maretia carinata in the database

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