†Lophidiaster hawkinsi Mercier 1935 (sea star)
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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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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