Lophidiaster hawkinsi Mercier 1935 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Full reference: J. Mercier. 1935. Les stelléridés mésozoïques du bassin de Paris. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie 1(2):6-64

Belongs to Lophidiaster according to J. Mercier 1935

See also Hess 1955

Sister taxa: Lophidiaster concavus, Lophidiaster haunsbergensis, Lophidiaster inversus, Lophidiaster ornatus, Lophidiaster postornatus, Lophidiaster punctatus, Lophidiaster pygmaeus, Lophidiaster silentiensis

Type specimen: Unknown

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Pierre blanche de Langrune, Luc-sur-Mer, Calvados (Jurassic of France)

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