†Crenaster desmoulinsi Meneghini 1862 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Alternative combination: Crenaster desmoulinsii
Full reference: G. Meneghini. 1862. Sugli Echinodermi fossili neogenici di Toscana. Atti della riunione degli Scienziati italiani tenuta in Siena 1-31
Belongs to Crenaster according to H. Hess 1955
See also del Prato 1896, Meneghini 1862 and von Linstow 1909
Sister taxa: Pentasteria (Archastropecten), Pentasteria (Pentasteria), Pentasteria boisteli, Pentasteria elegans, Pentasteria gataui, Pentasteria liasica, Pentasteria recta
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Crenaster desmoulinsi in the database
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