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Pencil Urchins

Cidaroidea Smith 1984

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Cidaroidea (Pencil Urchins) is a subcategory of echinoderms. There are 425 species of Pencil Urchins, in 73 genera and 13 families. Dead Pencil Urchins form shallow marine sediments. They are omnivores. They have sexual reproduction.

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  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953
  • Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.
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