Asteroidea - Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae

PaleoDB taxon number: 84909

Alternative combinations: Oreaster pistilliferus, Oreaster pistilliformis, Pentaceros pistilliferus

Full reference: E. Forbes. 1848. On the Asteriadae found fossil in British strata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology in London 2(2):457-482

Belongs to Stauranderaster according to L. Villier et al. 2004

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

Type specimen: Syntype BNHM E 2564, E 5037, OR 57634

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore