Caletaster romani Breton 1988 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Full reference: G. Breton. 1988. Description d'espèces nouvelles de Goniasteridae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) du Crétacé de France. Bulletin trimestriel de la Société Géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre 75(1):9-40

Belongs to Caletaster according to G. Breton and D. Néraudeau 2008

See also Breton 1988, Breton 1992, Breton 1997, Breton et al. 1992 and Neraudeau and Breton 1993

Sister taxa: Caletaster barremicus, Caletaster decombei, Caletaster girardi

Type specimen: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle of Le Havre, holotype MHNH 8090, paratypes MHNH 8091

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (19 collections)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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