Pycinaster mortenseni Mercier 1935 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Pycinasteridae

Full reference: J. Mercier. 1935. Les stelléridés mésozoïques du bassin de Paris. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie 1(2):6-64

Belongs to Pycinaster according to J. Mercier 1935

Sister taxa: Pycinaster angustatus, Pycinaster corbaricus, Pycinaster cornutus, Pycinaster crassus, Pycinaster danicus, Pycinaster humilis, Pycinaster magnificus, Pycinaster rasmusseni, Pycinaster rosenkrantzii

Type specimen: The original material disappeared during the Second World War

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Charmouthien, Crouay, calvados (Jurassic of France)

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