Alternative combinations: Asterias gaveyi, Uraster gaveyi
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1850. Figures and descriptions illustrative of British Organic Remains. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom Decade 3:65
Belongs to Forbesasterias according to M. Fau et al. 2024
See also Blake 1996, Forbes 1850, Lewis 1993, Mercier 1935, Quenstedt 1876, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Wright 1863
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Holotype BNHM E 1638. Its type locality is Mickleton Tunnel, near Chipping Campden, which is in a Davoei transition zone/lower shoreface shale in the Charmouth Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mickleton Tunnel, near Chipping Campden
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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