†Recurvaster blackmorei Rasmussen 1950 (sea star)
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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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