Alternative combinations: Asteriaceros stelliferum, Asterias stellifera, Lithaster stelliferus, Sphaeraster stelliferus, Sphaerites stelliferus
Synonyms: Asterias pustulata Quenstedt 1858, Sphaerites pustulatus Quenstedt 1858
Full reference: G. A. Goldfuss. 1833. Divisio secunda. Radiariorum reliquiae. Petrefacta Germaniae et ea, quae in Museuo Universitatis Regiae, Borussicae Frederischiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur et alia quacungue in Museis Hueninghausiano, Muensteriano aliisque exstant, iconibus et descriptionnibus illustrata 1(2):115-252
Belongs to Asteriaceros according to H. Hess 1991
See also Blake 1984, Fraas 1886, Fraas 1910, Goldfuss 1833, Hess 1977, Quenstedt 1852, Quenstedt 1858, Quenstedt 1876, Schöndorf 1906, Valette 1932 and Villier 2010
Sister taxa: Asteriaceros cristatus, Asteriaceros papulosus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Pierre blanche de Langrune, Luc-sur-Mer, Calvados (Jurassic of France)
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