Crateraster rotundus Schulz and Weitschat 1981 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Full reference: M. G. Schulz and W. Weitschat. 1981. Phylogenie und Stratigraphie der Asteroideen der norddeutschen Schreikreide. Teil 2: Crateraster/Teichaster-Gruppe und Gattung Ophryaster. Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 51:27-42

Belongs to Crateraster according to A. S. Gale 1987

See also Schulz and Weitschat 1981

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

Type specimen: Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institute, University of Hamburg, holotype SGPIH 25

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

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

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