Goniaster scrobiculatus Heller 1858 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Full reference: C. Heller. 1858. Über neue fossile Stelleriden. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe 28(2):155-170

Belongs to Goniaster according to O. von Linstow 1909

See also Heller 1858, Hoernes 1875 and Toula 1893

Sister taxa: Goniaster (Stellaster), Goniaster marginatus, Goniaster stokesii

Type specimen: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, holotype 1854.XXIII.44

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Goniaster scrobiculatus in the database

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