Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Asteriidae
Alternative combinations: Astropecten arenicolus, Pleuraster arenicola
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 Asterias according to H. Hess 1955
See also Goldfuss 1833, McCoy 1848, Pictet 1857, Quenstedt 1867, Quenstedt 1876 and Wright 1863
Sister taxa: Asterias (Archaeasterias), Asterias bituminosa, Asterias deslongchampsi, Asterias dubium, Asterias gaveyi, Asterias lincki, Asterias planci, Asterias propinqua, Asterias punctulata, Asterias ranvillensis, Asterias remondii, Asterias rubens, Asterias stellionura, Asteracanthion oolithicum
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Asterias arenicola in the database
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