Asteroidea - Spinulosida - Solasteridae

Alternative combinations: Asterias murchisoni, Luidia murchisoni

Synonym: Solaster polynemia Simpson 1855

Full reference: W. C. Williamson. 1836. A notice of two hitherto undescribed Species of Radiaria, from the marlstones of Yorkshire; and Remarks on the organic remains in that Stratum. Magazine of Natural History 9:425

Belongs to Solaster according to H. Hess 1955

See also Forbes 1848, Fox-Strangeways 1892, Phillips 1875, Simpson 1855, Williamson 1836, Wright 1861 and Wright 1863

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Solaster murchisoni: Holotype, SCAWM:1939.603, Scarborough Museum
• Solaster polynemia:

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Solaster murchisoni in the database

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