Astropecten castellanensis d'Orbigny 1850 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Alternative combination: Crenaster castellanensis

Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1850. Prodrome du paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphique 2:1-428

Belongs to Astropecten according to H. Hess 1955

See also d'Orbigny 1850, Dujardin and Hupé 1862, Pictet 1857, Sacco 1893 and von Linstow 1909

Sister taxa: Astropecten adriaticus, Astropecten aranciaca, Astropecten armatus, Astropecten bathonicus, Astropecten betzensteinensis, Astropecten bispinosus, Astropecten bononiensis, Astropecten casterasi, Astropecten corroyi, Astropecten crenulatus, Astropecten delaunayi, Astropecten forbesi, Astropecten foveolatus, Astropecten granulatus, Astropecten helveticus, Astropecten irregularis, Astropecten linati, Astropecten matilijaensis, Astropecten montalionis, Astropecten montanus, Astropecten moutieri, Astropecten navodicensis, Astropecten ornatus, Astropecten petrobonae, Astropecten pichleri, Astropecten piveteaui, Astropecten porosus, Astropecten scupini, Astropecten soldanii, Astropecten taurolaevis, Astropecten verrucosus

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Astropecten castellanensis in the database

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