Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 234569

Alternative combinations: Astropecten wittsii, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) wittsii

Full reference: T. Wright. 1863. Monograph on the British fossil Echinodermata of the Oolitic Formations. Volume 2 - The Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society 1861:1-130

Belongs to Archastropecten according to H. Hess 1955

Sister taxa: 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 wolterdorfi, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) cotteswoldiae, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) huxleyi, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) infirma, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) lithographica, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) longispina, Pentasteria (Archastropecten) procera

Type specimen: Holotype BNHM E 1637

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore