Asteroidea - Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae

Alternative combination: Stauranderaster gibbosus

Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1913. The evolution of Cretaceous Asteroidea. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, serie B 204:99-177

Belongs to Manfredaster according to L. Villier et al. 2004

See also Brünnich-Nielsen 1943, Lewis 1993, Rasmussen 1950, Spencer 1913 and Valette 1915

Sister taxa: Manfredaster bulbiferus, Manfredaster cariniferus, Manfredaster concinnus, Manfredaster senonensis

Type specimen: Holotype BNHM E 13239, Paratype BNHM E 13240

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Manfredaster gibbosus in the database

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