Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 104639
Alternative spelling: Archastropecten
Full reference: H. Hess. 1955. Die fossilien Astropectiniden (Asteroidea). Neue Beobachtungen und Übersicht über die bekannten Arten. Schweizerischen Paläontologischen Abhandlungen, Birkhaüser Verlag, Bassel 71:1-113
Parent taxon: Pentasteria according to W. K. Spencer and C.W. Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Pentasteria (Pentasteria), Pentasteria boisteli, Pentasteria elegans, Pentasteria gataui, Pentasteria liasica, Pentasteria recta, Crenaster desmoulinsi
Subtaxa: Archastropecten carroni, Archastropecten carthusiae, Archastropecten clavaeformis, Archastropecten desori, Archastropecten hooperi, Archastropecten leckenbyi, Archastropecten lorioli, Archastropecten mabillei, Archastropecten mandelslohi, Archastropecten obesus, Archastropecten orion, Archastropecten phillipsii, Archastropecten priscus, Archastropecten rupellensis, Archastropecten scarburgensis, Archastropecten suprajurensis, Archastropecten wilckensis, Archastropecten wittsii, Archastropecten wolterdorfi, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) cotteswoldiae, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) huxleyi, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) infirma, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) lithographica, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) longispina, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) procera
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore