Astropecten helveticus Mayer 1872 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Full reference: K. Mayer. 1872. Systematisches Verzeichnis der Versteinerungen des Helvetian der Schweiz und Schwabens. Beiträge zur geologischen Karte der Schweiz 11:475-511

Belongs to Astropecten according to H. Hess 1955

See also Mayer 1872, Schütze 1904 and von Linstow 1909

Sister taxa: Astropecten adriaticus, Astropecten aranciaca, Astropecten armatus, Astropecten bathonicus, Astropecten betzensteinensis, Astropecten bispinosus, Astropecten bononiensis, Astropecten castellanensis, Astropecten casterasi, Astropecten corroyi, Astropecten crenulatus, Astropecten delaunayi, Astropecten forbesi, Astropecten foveolatus, Astropecten granulatus, 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 helveticus in the database

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