Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Alternative combinations: Asterias aranciaca, Astropecten aranciacus
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Astropecten according to S. K. Donovan et al. 2005
See also Borghi 1995
Sister taxa: Astropecten adriaticus, Astropecten armatus, Astropecten bathonicus, Astropecten betzensteinensis, Astropecten bispinosus, Astropecten bononiensis, Astropecten castellanensis, Astropecten casterasi, Astropecten corroyi, Astropecten crenulatus, Astropecten delaunayi, Astropecten forbesi, Astropecten foveolatus, Astropecten granulatus, Astropecten helveticus, Astropecten irregularis, Astropecten linati, Astropecten matilijaensis, Astropecten montalionis, Astropecten montanus, Astropecten moutieri, Astropecten navodicensis, Astropecten ornatus, Astropecten petrobonae, Astropecten pichleri, Astropecten piveteaui, Astropecten porosus, Astropecten scupini, Astropecten soldanii, Astropecten taurolaevis, Astropecten verrucosus
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Astropecten aranciaca in the database
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