Alternative combination: Aspidosoma grayae
Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1914. British Palaeozoic Asterozoa. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 1913(1):1-56
Belongs to Encrinaster according to J. Dean Shackleton 2005
See also Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915, Spencer 1914, Spencer 1930 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Encrinaster arnoldi, Encrinaster eifelensis, Encrinaster hamlingi, Encrinaster laevidiscus, Encrinaster petaloides, Encrinaster pontis, Encrinaster roemeri, Encrinaster tischbeinianus
Type specimen: Holotype BMNH E52455a,b
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Locality 5. “Starfish Bed,” small cliff above S. bank of Lady Burn River, 100 meters south of South Treave Farmhouse, Thraive Glen, Girvan (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)
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