Savignaster septemtrionalis Rousseau et al. 2018 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Spinulosida - Pterasteridae

Full reference: J. Rousseau, A.S. Gale, and B. Thuy. 2018. New articulated asteroids (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) and ophiuroids (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from the Late Jurassic (Volgian / Tithonian) of central Spitsbergen. European Journal of Taxonomy 411:1-26

Belongs to Savignaster according to J. Rousseau et al. 2018

Sister taxon: Savignaster wardi

Type specimen: Holotype PMO 218.000, paratypes PMO 217.976, PMO 217.977, PMO 217.978, PMO 218.008

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Savignaster septemtrionalis in the database

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