Archastropecten priscus Goldfuss 1833

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Alternative combinations: Asterias prisca, Astropecten priscus, Crenaster prisca, Crenaster priscus

Synonyms: Asterias breviassula Quenstedt 1876, Asterias longassula Quenstedt 1876

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 Archastropecten according to H. Hess 1955

See also d'Orbigny 1850, Dujardin and Hupé 1862, Forbes 1848, Fritel 1902, Goldfuss 1833, Greppin 1900, Petitclerc 1894, Pictet 1857, Quenstedt 1858, Quenstedt 1867, Quenstedt 1876 and Siemiradzki 1903

Sister taxa: Archastropecten carroni, Archastropecten carthusiae, Archastropecten clavaeformis, Archastropecten desori, Archastropecten hooperi, Archastropecten leckenbyi, Archastropecten lorioli, Archastropecten mabillei, Archastropecten mandelslohi, Archastropecten obesus, Archastropecten orion, Archastropecten phillipsii, Archastropecten rupellensis, Archastropecten scarburgensis, Archastropecten suprajurensis, Archastropecten wilckensis, Archastropecten wittsii, Archastropecten wolterdorfi, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) cotteswoldiae, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) huxleyi, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) infirma, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) lithographica, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) longispina, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) procera

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Archastropecten priscus in the database

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