Nudicidaris Vadet 1988 (pencil urchin)

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae

Parent taxon: Polycidaridae according to B. Hostettler et al. 2017

See also Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller 2015 and Vadet et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Paracidaris, Polycidaris, Romanocidaris

Subtaxa: Nudicidaris elegans

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

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Switzerland (5)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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