Echinoidea taxon details
original description
Manso, C. L. d. C. & Souza-Lima, W. 2011. New genus and new species of echinoid (Echinodermata, Orthopsidae) from the Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, Brazil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional 68, 41-46. page(s): 43 [details]
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Etymology Cuscuz (from the Arab kuskus) is a typical north-eastern Brazilian food, whose format, like a cake, resembles the echinoid test; and spina, Latin name for spine. [details]
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