Hemipatagus grignonensis Cotteau 1880 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Loveniidae

Alternative combination: Spatangus grignonensis

Synonym: Spatangus arhiaci Agassiz 1847

Belongs to Hemipatagus according to A. Kroh 2007

Sister taxa: Hemipatagus argutus, Hemipatagus bandaensis, Hemipatagus bundensis, Hemipatagus calvimontanus, Hemipatagus cartagensis, Hemipatagus desmoulinsi, Hemipatagus duncani, Hemipatagus ficheuri, Hemipatagus gauthieri, Hemipatagus girundicus, Hemipatagus guebhardi, Hemipatagus hispanica, Hemipatagus hoffmanni, Hemipatagus marianii, Hemipatagus martensii, Hemipatagus nicoleti, Hemipatagus ocellatus, Hemipatagus pellati, Hemipatagus regiomontanus, Hemipatagus sambiensis, Hemipatagus soubellensis, Hemipatagus subrostratus, Hemipatagus tenuis, Hemipatagus tuberculatus

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hemipatagus grignonensis in the database

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