Pericosmus aguayoi Sanchez Roig 1949 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae

Alternative combination: Linthia aguayoi

Synonyms: Mauritanaster depressus Sanchez Roig 1949, Mauritanaster marroquinensis Sanchez Roig 1953, Pericosmus giganteus Sanchez Roig 1952

Belongs to Pericosmus according to P. M. Kier 1984

Sister taxa: Pericosmus (Pericosmus), Pericosmus (Victoriaster), Pericosmus altus, Pericosmus annosus, Pericosmus artemisae, Pericosmus atolladosae, Pericosmus blanquizalensis, Pericosmus borraeus, Pericosmus camagueyanus, Pericosmus crawfordi, Pericosmus cubanus, Pericosmus israelskyi, Pericosmus latus, Pericosmus mortenseni, Pericosmus roigi, Pericosmus scaevus, Pericosmus valenzuelai, Pericosmus zanolettii

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pericosmus aguayoi in the database

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