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 gaveyi 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), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
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