†Xenaster margaritatus Simonovitsch 1871 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Xenasteridae
Full reference: S. Simonovitsch. 1871. Ueber einige Asterioiden der rheinischen Grauwacke. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. Abteilung I: Mineralogie, Biologie, Erdkunde 64(1):77-122
Belongs to Xenaster according to C. Schuchert 1915
See also Blake 2018, Schöndorf 1909, Schöndorf 1909, Simonovitsch 1871 and Spencer 1914
Sister taxa: Xenaster dispar, Xenaster elegans, Xenaster rhenanus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Xenaster margaritatus in the database
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