Arbacia punctulata Lamarck 1816 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae

Alternative combination: Echinus punctulatus

Belongs to Arbacia according to C. W. Cooke 1941

Sister taxa: Arbacia abiquaensis, Arbacia dufresnii, Arbacia forbesii, Arbacia improcera, Arbacia incisa, Arbacia lixula, Arbacia nodulosa, Arbacia rivuli, Arbacia sloani, Arbacia spatuligera, Arbacia waccamaw

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Arbacia punctulata in the database

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