Pulcinellaster boulei Mercier 1935

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Alternative combination: Pycinaster boulei

Synonym: Pycinaster bradfordiensis Mercier 1935

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 Pulcinellaster according to G. Breton 1992

See also Mercier 1935

Sister taxa: Pulcinellaster gibber, Pulcinellaster lukowensis

Type specimens:

  • Pulcinellaster boulei: d'Histoire Naturelle of Le Havre, topotypes MHNH 8203-8206
  • Pycinaster bradfordiensis:

Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Pierre blanche de Langrune, Luc-sur-Mer, Calvados (Jurassic of France)

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