Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1916. A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 1915(2):57-108
Belongs to Mesopalaeaster according to W. K. Spencer 1916
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 acuminatus, Mesopalaeaster clarki, Mesopalaeaster complicatus
Type specimen: Lectotype BMNH E52441a,b
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore