Asteriaceros cristatus Hess 1991 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida

Full reference: H. Hess. 1991. Neue Seesterne (Goniasteridae) aus dem mittleren Oxford von Reuchnette (Berner Jura). Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 84(3):873-891

Belongs to Asteriaceros according to H. Hess 1991

See also Villier 2010

Sister taxa: Asteriaceros papulosus, Asteriaceros stelliferus

Type specimen: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Holotype M9898, paratype M 9899

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Asteriaceros cristatus in the database

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