Coccaster bulbiferus Spencer 1916 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Mesopalaeasteridae

Alternative combination: Coccaster bulbiferous

Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1916. A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 1915(2):57-108

Belongs to Coccaster according to W. K. Spencer 1916

See also Blake 2018, Lewis et al. 2007 and Owen 1965

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Holotype 1882 65 158a, Royal Scottish Museum

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Leintwardine starfish bed (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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