Pycinaster rosenkrantzii Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Pycinasteridae

Full reference: K. Brünnich-Nielsen. 1943. The Asteroids of the Senonian and Danian deposits of Danmark. Biologiske skrifter fra det Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 2(5):1-68

Belongs to Pycinaster according to K. Brünnich-Nielsen 1943

See also Jagt 2000, Rasmussen 1950 and Rasmussen 1979

Sister taxa: Pycinaster angustatus, Pycinaster corbaricus, Pycinaster cornutus, Pycinaster crassus, Pycinaster danicus, Pycinaster humilis, Pycinaster magnificus, Pycinaster mortenseni, Pycinaster rasmusseni

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pycinaster rosenkrantzii in the database

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