Echinometra lucunter Linnaeus 1758 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinometridae
Alternative combination: Echinus lucunter
Belongs to Echinometra according to S. K. Donovan et al. 2005
See also Cooke 1941, De Buisonjé 1974 and Kier 1992
Sister taxa: Echinometra hondoana, Echinometra insularis, Echinometra mathaei, Echinometra oblonga, Echinometra vanbrunti, Ellipsechinus prisca
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Jamaica (1 collection), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Netherlands Antilles (1)
• Miocene of Jamaica (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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