Antillaster cubensis Conrad 1870 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Asterostomatidae

Alternative combination: Asterostoma cubensis

Belongs to Antillaster according to M. Sanchez Roig 1926

Sister taxa: Antillaster aibeari, Antillaster arnoldi, Antillaster cartagensis, Antillaster castroi, Antillaster depressus, Antillaster elegans, Antillaster estenozi, Antillaster fernandezi, Antillaster flexuosus, Antillaster giganteus, Antillaster lamberti, Antillaster sanchezi, Antillaster vaughani

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at "Cervantes", San José de las Lajas (Miocene to Miocene of Cuba)

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