Sucia Blake 1973 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Pseudarchasteridae

Full reference: D. B. Blake. 1973. Ossicle morphology of some recent asteroids and description of some West American fossil asteroids. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 104:1-59

Parent taxon: Pseudarchasteridae according to A.S. Gale 2020

See also Blake 1973 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Pseudarchaster, Skiaster

Subtaxa: Sucia suavis

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Type: Sucia suavis

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sucia Island (Cretaceous of Washington)

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