Recurvaster blackmorei Rasmussen 1950 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Full reference: H. W. Rasmussen. 1950. Cretaceous Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea with a special reference to the species found in Denmark. Denmarks Geologiske Undersogelse 2:1-134

Belongs to Recurvaster according to C. Helm 1997

See also Gale 1987, Gale 1989, Lewis 1993, Rasmussen 1950 and Schulz and Weitschat 1975

Sister taxa: Recurvaster antemammillatus, Recurvaster lorioli, Recurvaster mammillatus, Recurvaster migrans, Recurvaster radiatus, Recurvaster spiniger

Type specimen: History Museum, London, holotype BNHM E 13933

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Recurvaster blackmorei in the database

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