Table 1. Modern benthopectinids used for present study.
Species Collection Locality
Pectinaster filholi Perrier, 1885 IoS Southampton Porcupine Trough, NE Atlantic
Pontaster tenuispinus (Duben & Koren, 1846) IoS Southampton Porcupine Trough, NE Atlantic
Benthopecten simplex (Perrier, 1881) IoS Southampton Porcupine Trough, NE Atlantic
Nearchaster aciculosus (Fisher, 1910) USNM NE Pacific
Cheiraster gazellae Studer, 1883 USNM SW Pacific
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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15134772
Published as part of Gale, Andy S., Jagt, John W. M. (2021). The fossil record of the family Benthopectinidae (Echinodermata, Asteroidea), a reappraisal. European Journal of Taxonomy 755: 149-190. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1405, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1405 on page 158