Agassizia rimulata Ravenel 1848 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Alternative combination: Brissopsis rimulatus

Belongs to Agassizia according to C. W. Cooke 1942

See also Clark and Twitchell 1915

Sister taxa: Agassizia alveari, Agassizia caobaensis, Agassizia clevei, Agassizia conradi, Agassizia flexuosa, Agassizia floridiana, Agassizia inflata, Agassizia lamberti, Agassizia persica, Agassizia pinarensis, Agassizia porifera, Agassizia scrobiculata, Anisaster

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Agassizia rimulata in the database

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