Stuertzaster giganteus Lehmann 1957

Stenuroidea

Alternative combination: Erinaceaster giganteus

Full reference: W.M. Lehmann. 1957. Die Asterozoen in den Dachschifern des rheinischen Unterdevons. Abhandlungen des Hessischen Landeshamtes für Bodenforchung 21:1-160

Belongs to Stuertzaster according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966

See also Lehmann 1957

Sister taxa: Stuertzaster liquidus, Stuertzaster marstoni, Stuertzaster spinosissimus, Stuertzaster utroquecognitus, Sturtzaster colvini, Sturtzaster cygnipes, Sturtzaster mitchelli

Type specimen: Holotype G.L244, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Eschenbach-Bocksberg mine, Bundenbach (Devonian of Germany)

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