Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Asteriidae
Synonyms: Asteracanthion Müller and Troschel 1840, Uraster Agassiz 1836 [objective synonym]
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Asteriinae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Gray 1840 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Asteracanthion oolithicum Asterias (Archaeasterias) Asterias arenicola Asterias bituminosa Asterias deslongchampsi Asterias dubium Asterias lincki Asterias planci Asterias propinqua Asterias punctulata Asterias ranvillensis Asterias remondii Asterias rubens Asterias stellionura
Type: Asterias rubens
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: Maryland, Massachusetts collections)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), United States (1: California)
• Jurassic of Belgium (1), France (1)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
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