Asteroidea - Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae

PaleoDB taxon number: 109595

Full reference: K. Brünnich-Nielsen. 1943. The Asteroids of the Senonian and Danian deposits of Danmark. Biologiske skrifter fra det Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 2(5):1-68

Belongs to Stauranderaster according to J. W. M. Jagt 2000

Sister taxa: Stauranderaster bispinosus, Stauranderaster boysii, Stauranderaster coronatus, Stauranderaster dorecki, Stauranderaster laevis, Stauranderaster mixtus, Stauranderaster pistilliferus, Stauranderaster pyramidalis, Stauranderaster sanchezi, Stauranderaster serrata, Stauranderaster speculum

Type specimen: Holotype MGUH 7533, Geological Museum of Copenhagen University

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore