Xenaster elegans Schöndorf 1909 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Xenasteridae

Full reference: F. Schöndorf. 1909. Paläozoische Seesterne Deutschlands. I. Die echten Asteriden der Rheinischen Grauwacke. Palaeontographica 65:37-172

Belongs to Xenaster according to C. Schuchert 1915

See also Schöndorf 1909 and Schöndorf 1909

Sister taxa: Xenaster dispar, Xenaster margaritatus, Xenaster rhenanus

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Xenaster elegans in the database

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