Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Full reference: C. Heller. 1858. Über neue fossile Stelleriden. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe 28(2):155-170
Belongs to Astropecten according to H. Hess 1955
See also del Prato 1896, Heller 1858, Lemoine 1908, Quenstedt 1876, Sacco 1893, Vadasz 1915, Valette 1929 and von Linstow 1909
Sister taxa: Astropecten adriaticus, Astropecten aranciaca, Astropecten armatus, Astropecten bathonicus, Astropecten betzensteinensis, Astropecten bispinosus, Astropecten bononiensis, Astropecten castellanensis, Astropecten casterasi, Astropecten corroyi, Astropecten crenulatus, Astropecten delaunayi, Astropecten foveolatus, Astropecten granulatus, Astropecten helveticus, Astropecten irregularis, Astropecten linati, Astropecten matilijaensis, Astropecten montalionis, Astropecten montanus, Astropecten moutieri, Astropecten navodicensis, Astropecten ornatus, Astropecten petrobonae, Astropecten pichleri, Astropecten piveteaui, Astropecten porosus, Astropecten scupini, Astropecten soldanii, Astropecten taurolaevis, Astropecten verrucosus
Type specimen: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Astropecten forbesi in the database
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