Pericosmus mortenseni Sanchez Roig 1952 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae

Alternative combination: Antillaster mortenseni

Belongs to Pericosmus according to P. M. Kier 1984

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

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

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

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