†Asterias bituminosa Geinitz 1849 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Asteriidae
Belongs to Asterias according to H. B. Geinitz 1861
Sister taxa: Asterias (Archaeasterias), Asterias arenicola, Asterias deslongchampsi, Asterias dubium, Asterias lincki, Asterias planci, Asterias propinqua, Asterias punctulata, Asterias ranvillensis, Asterias remondii, Asterias rubens, Asterias stellionura, Asteracanthion oolithicum
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Asterias bituminosa in the database
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