Asteroidea - Phanerozonida

Alternative spelling: Phanerozonia

Full reference: W. P. Sladen. 1889. The Asteroidea. Report of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger 1873-1876, Zoology 30:1-935

Parent taxon: Asteroidea according to W. K. Spencer 1951

See also Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915, Sladen 1889 and Withers and Keble 1934

Sister taxa: Ambuloasteroidea, Arthrasteridae, Cryptozonia, Euasteroidea, Euaxosida, Hadrosida, Hemizonida, Hunsrueckaster, Kermasida, Lepidasterella, Neopalaeasteridae, Petrasteridae, Phanerozoma, Platyasterida, Pleuraster, Proactis, Protarthraster, Pustulosida, Schuchertiidae, Silicaster, Spinulosacea, Trichotaster, Yarravaster

Subtaxa: Lepidasteracea Palasterinacea

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Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

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