Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Palasterinidae
Full reference: D. B. Blake, T. E. Guensberg, and B. Lefebvre. 2016. New Early Paleozoic Asterozoa (Echinodermata) from the Armorican Massif, France, and the Western United States. Annales de Paléontologie 102:161-181
Belongs to Petraster according to D. B. Blake et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Petraster americanus, Petraster angustior, Petraster kinahani, Petraster richi, Petraster rigidus, Petraster smythi, Uranaster ramseyensis
Type specimen: LPB 15174, 15175. Its type locality is Morgat harbor, Crozon, which is in a Katian shoreface siltstone in the Kermeur Formation of France.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Morgat harbor, Crozon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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