Protarthraster longimanus Whidborne 1896 (sea star)

Asteroidea

Alternative combination: Palaeaster longimanus

Full reference: G. F. Whidborne. 1896. A preliminary synopsis of the fauna of the Pickwell Down, Baggy and Pilton Beds. Proceedings of the Geological Association of London 14:371-377

Belongs to Protarthraster according to W. K. Spencer 1918

See also Owen 1965, Whidborne 1896 and Whidborne 1898

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Lectotype GSM 7163-4

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Protarthraster longimanus in the database

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