Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Alternative combination: Crenaster ornatus
Full reference: G. Meneghini. 1862. Sugli Echinodermi fossili neogenici di Toscana. Atti della riunione degli Scienziati italiani tenuta in Siena 1-31
Belongs to Astropecten according to H. Hess 1955
See also Meneghini 1862, Meneghini 1886, Sacco 1893 and Seguenza 1880
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 helveticus, Astropecten irregularis, Astropecten linati, Astropecten matilijaensis, Astropecten montalionis, Astropecten montanus, Astropecten moutieri, Astropecten navodicensis, 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 ornatus in the database
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