Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Alternative combinations: Astrogonium porosum, Goniaster porosus
Synonyms: Astropecten couloni Agassiz 1835, Coelaster couloni Agassiz 1835, Goniaster couloni Agassiz 1835
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1835. Notice sur les fossiles du terrain crétacé du Jura Neuchâtelois. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel 1:126-145
Belongs to Astropecten according to H. Hess 1955
See also Agassiz 1835, de Loriol 1874, de Tribolet 1873, Dujardin and Hupé 1862, Forbes 1848, Fritel 1902, Lehner 1937, Quenstedt 1876, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Villier 2010
Sister taxa: Astropecten adriaticus, Astropecten aranciaca, Astropecten armatus, Astropecten bathonicus, Astropecten betzensteinensis, Astropecten bispinosus, Astropecten bononiensis, Astropecten castellanensis, Astropecten casterasi, Astropecten corroyi, Astropecten crenulatus, Astropecten delaunayi, Astropecten forbesi, Astropecten foveolatus, Astropecten granulatus, Astropecten helveticus, Astropecten irregularis, Astropecten linati, Astropecten matilijaensis, Astropecten montalionis, Astropecten montanus, Astropecten moutieri, Astropecten navodicensis, Astropecten ornatus, Astropecten petrobonae, Astropecten pichleri, Astropecten piveteaui, Astropecten scupini, Astropecten soldanii, Astropecten taurolaevis, Astropecten verrucosus
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 6 occurrences
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