Coulonia caseyi Gale 2020 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Full reference: A.S. Gale. 2020. Asteroids (Echinodermata) from the Crackers Member (lower Aptian, Deshayesites forbesi Zone) on the Isle of Wight (UK), with a revision of fossil Pseudarchasteridae. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 131:309-315

Belongs to Coulonia according to A.S. Gale 2020

Sister taxa: Coulonia colei, Coulonia neocomiensis, Coulonia parva, Coulonia platispina, Coulonia platyspina, Cuneaster mirabilis, Cuneaster armatus, Betelgeusia exposita, Betelgeusia brezinai, Betelgeusia reidi

Type specimen: holotype NHMUK EE 16662, paratypes NHMUK EE 16663–16665

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Coulonia caseyi in the database

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