Antillaster vaughani Jackson 1922 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Asterostomatidae

Alternative combination: Eupatagus vaughani

Synonyms: Antillaster expansus Sanchez Roig 1953, Antillaster guevarai Sanchez Roig 1952, Antillaster herrerae Sanchez Roig 1951

Belongs to Antillaster according to P. M. Kier 1984

Sister taxa: Antillaster aibeari, Antillaster arnoldi, Antillaster cartagensis, Antillaster castroi, Antillaster cubensis, Antillaster depressus, Antillaster elegans, Antillaster estenozi, Antillaster fernandezi, Antillaster flexuosus, Antillaster giganteus, Antillaster lamberti, Antillaster sanchezi

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Antillaster vaughani in the database

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