Crateraster grignonensis Valette 1925 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Alternative combination: Pycinaster grignonensis

Full reference: A. Valette. 1925. Note sur les débris de Stelléridés fossiles du Sud-Ouest de la France. Actes de la Société linnéenne de Bordeaux 76:167-205

Belongs to Crateraster according to G. Breton and D. Vizcaïno 1997

See also Valette 1925

Sister taxa: Crateraster debrisi, Crateraster dubusi, Crateraster favosus, Crateraster fourayae, Crateraster lamberti, Crateraster multiplacus, Crateraster poritoides, Crateraster quinqueloba, Crateraster reticulatus, Crateraster rotundus, Crateraster texensis, Austinaster mccarteri

Type specimen: Université de Bourgogne, Valette's collection

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Crateraster grignonensis in the database

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