Asteroidea - Spinulosida - Pterasteridae

Full reference: A.S. Gale. 2023. A new “slime star” (Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Velatida) from the Upper Cretaceous Chalk of the United Kingdom. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 134:107-114

Belongs to Pteraster according to A.S. Gale 2023

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

Type specimen: holotype NHMUK PI EE 17988; paratypes NHMUK PI EE 17989-17992

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

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

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.