Asteroidea - Forcipulatacea

Full reference: M. Fau, D. F. Wright, T. A. Ewin, A. S. Gale, and L. Villier. 2024. Phylogenetic and taxonomic revisions of Jurassic sea stars support a delayed evolutionary origin of the Asteriidae. PeerJ 12(4443):e18169

Parent taxon: Forcipulatacea according to M. Fau et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Trichasteropsida, Zorocallida

Subtaxa: Forbesasterias gaveyi

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Type: Asterias gaveyi

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mickleton Tunnel, near Chipping Campden (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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