Calliasterella mirus Trautschold 1879 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Ambuloasteroidea - Calliasterellidae

Alternative combinations: Calliaster mirus, Calliasterella mira

Full reference: H. Trautschold. 1879. Die Kalkbruche von Mjatschkowa, Part 3. Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 14:101-180

Belongs to Calliasterella according to D. B. Blake 2018

See also Gale 2011, Owen 1965, Schöndorf 1909, Schuchert 1914, Schuchert 1915 and Trautschold 1879

Sister taxon: Calliasterella americana

Type specimen: Lectotype unnumbered, PIN, Moskow

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Calliasterella mirus in the database

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