Asteroidea - Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae
Alternative combination: Pentaceros bispinosus
Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1905. A monograph of the British fossil Echinodermata from the Cretaceous formations. vol. 2: The Asteroidea. Palaeontographical Society 3:67-90
Belongs to Stauranderaster according to L. Villier et al. 2004
See also Lewis 1993, Spencer 1905 and Spencer 1907
Sister taxa: Stauranderaster boysii, Stauranderaster coronatus, Stauranderaster dorecki, Stauranderaster laevis, Stauranderaster miliaris, Stauranderaster mixtus, Stauranderaster pistilliferus, Stauranderaster polycirra, Stauranderaster pyramidalis, Stauranderaster sanchezi, Stauranderaster serrata, Stauranderaster speculum
Type specimen: Holotype BNHM OR 35482
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Stauranderaster bispinosus in the database
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