Asteroidea - Kermasida - Permasteridae
Alternative combination: Monaster carnarvonensis
Full reference: R. V. Kesling. 1969. Three Permian starfish from Western Australia and their bearing on revision of the Asteroidea. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 22:361-376
Belongs to Ambigaster according to D. B. Blake and D. R. Elliott 2003
See also Kesling 1969
Sister taxa: Ambigaster coleyi, Ambigaster wandageensis
Type specimen: University of Western Australia, Holotype UWA 26992d. Its type locality is Wandagee stage, Minilya river, Carnavon basin, which is in a Kungurian marine siltstone in the Wandagee Formation of Australia.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Wandagee stage, Minilya river, Carnavon basin
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