†Coccaster bulbiferus Spencer 1916 (sea star)
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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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