Family Benthopectinidae Verrill 1899 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Benthopectinidae

Full reference: A. E. Verrill. 1899. Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes with description of new forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10:145-234

Parent taxon: Paxillosida according to A. S. Gale 2011

See also Blake 1989, Blake and Jagt 2005, Gale 1987, Gale 2011, Gale and Jagt 2021, Ludwig 1910, Mah and Blake 2012, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Villier 2008

Sister taxa: Astropectinidae, Cribellina, Ctenodiscidae, Diplozonina, Luidiidae, Notomyotina, Pseudarchasteridae

Subtaxa: Benthopectininae Cheiraster Jurapecten Nearchaster Paleobenthopectininae Punkaster

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Type: Benthopecten

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon collection)

• Cretaceous of Belgium (3), France (2), the Netherlands (1)

• Jurassic of France (1), Poland (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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