Asterias lincki Sears 1905 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Asteriidae

Belongs to Asterias according to Sears 1905

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

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Richard Graham clay pit (Quaternary of Massachusetts)

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