Alternative combinations: Asterias acuminata, Asterias acuminatus
Full reference: S. Simonovitsch. 1871. Ueber einige Asterioiden der rheinischen Grauwacke. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. Abteilung I: Mineralogie, Biologie, Erdkunde 64(1):77-122
Belongs to Mesopalaeaster according to C. Schuchert 1915
Sister taxa: Hudsonaster australis, Hudsonaster carectum, Hudsonaster incomptus, Hudsonaster matutinus, Hudsonaster milleri, Hudsonaster narrawayi, Hudsonaster ordovicus, Hudsonaster rugosus, Mesopalaeaster shafferi, Mesopalaeaster intermedius, Mesopalaeaster finei, Mesopalaeaster lanceolatus, Mesopalaeaster proavitus, Mesopalaeaster wilberanus, Mesopalaeaster dubius, Mesopalaeaster antiquus, Mesopalaeaster parviusculus, Mesopalaeaster cataractensis, Mesopalaeaster granti, Mesopalaeaster bellulus, Mesopalaeaster clarki, Mesopalaeaster primus, Mesopalaeaster complicatus
Type specimen: Unknown
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore