Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Hudsonasteridae

Full reference: L. G. Herringshaw, A.T. Thomas, and M.P. Smith. 2007. Starfish diversity in the Wenlock of England. Palaeontology 50(5):1211-1229

Parent taxon: Hudsonasteridae according to D. B. Blake 2018

See also Herringshaw et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Arceoaster, Coccasterinae, Girvanaster, Hudsonaster, Hudsonasterinae, Silurasterinae

Subtaxa: Doliaster brachyactis

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Type: Doliaster brachyactis

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Wren's Nest (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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