Desoricidaris Geys 1992 (pencil urchin)

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Parent taxon: Stereocidarinae according to G. M. El Qot 2021

Sister taxa: Eucidaris, Finnacidaris, Goniocidarina, Phalacrocidaris, Sinaecidaris, Temnocidaris

Subtaxa: Desoricidaris pouyannei

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Type: Rhabdocidaris pouyannei

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

Distribution: found only at Wadi El Karm (Dame section), bed 9 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

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