Asteroidea - Valvatida - Sphaerasteridae
Alternative combinations: Asterias tabulata, Sphaerites tabulatus
Synonyms: Asterias annulosa Quenstedt 1876, Sphaeraster punctatus Quenstedt 1852, Sphaerites annulosus Quenstedt 1876, Sphaerites juvenis Quenstedt 1852, Sphaerites punctatus Quenstedt 1852
Full reference: G. A. Goldfuss. 1833. Divisio secunda. Radiariorum reliquiae. Petrefacta Germaniae et ea, quae in Museuo Universitatis Regiae, Borussicae Frederischiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur et alia quacungue in Museis Hueninghausiano, Muensteriano aliisque exstant, iconibus et descriptionnibus illustrata 1(2):115-252
Belongs to Sphaeraster according to A.S. Gale 2021
See also Blake 1984, Fraas 1886, Fraas 1910, Goldfuss 1833, Hess 1975, Neumann 2009, Quenstedt 1852, Quenstedt 1858, Quenstedt 1876, Schöndorf 1906, Spencer and Wright 1966, von Zittel 1876 and von Zittel 1883
Sister taxon: Sphaerites nervisequus
Type specimens:
- Sphaeraster tabulatus: at the Museum für Natukunde, Berlin
- Asterias annulosa:
- Sphaeraster punctatus:
- Sphaerites juvenis:
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sphaeraster tabulatus in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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