Asteracanthion oolithicum Terquem and Jourdy 1869 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Asteriidae

Full reference: O. Terquem and E. Jourdy. 1869. Monographie de l'étage Bathonien dans le département de la Moselle. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France 9:1-175

Belongs to Asteracanthion according to O. Terquem and E. Jourdy 1869

Sister taxa: Asterias (Archaeasterias), Asterias arenicola, Asterias bituminosa, Asterias deslongchampsi, Asterias dubium, Asterias gaveyi, Asterias lincki, Asterias planci, Asterias propinqua, Asterias punctulata, Asterias ranvillensis, Asterias remondii, Asterias rubens, Asterias stellionura

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Asteracanthion oolithicum in the database

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