†Pericosmus mortenseni Sanchez Roig 1952 (heart urchin)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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