Asteroidea - Spinulosida - Pterasteridae

Full reference: A.S. Gale. 2022. “Slime stars” (Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Velatida) from the Upper Cretaceous of northern Europe. Cretaceous Research 137(105223):1-24

Belongs to Pteraster according to A.S. Gale 2022

See also Gale 2023

Sister taxa: Pteraster angulatus, Pteraster balticus, Pteraster cretachiton, Pteraster lyddenensis, Pteraster nudus, Pteraster paucispinus, Pteraster seafordensis, Pteraster turoniense

Type specimen: holotype SNHM-3996-As, paratypes SNHM-3997As-4001-As

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pteraster kutscheri in the database

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.