Palasterina umbonata Withers and Keble 1934 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Palasterinidae

Full reference: R. B. Withers and R. A. Keble. 1934. The Palaeozoic starfish of Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 46(2):220-249

Belongs to Palasterina according to R. B. Withers and R. A. Keble 1934

Sister taxa: Palasterina antiqua, Palasterina flemingtonensis, Palasterina follmanni, Palasterina marginata, Palasterina maucheri, Palasterina orchilocalia, Palasterina stachi, Palasterina taenibrachiata, Palasterina tilmanni

Type specimen: Holotype 13810, National Museum, Melbourne

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Palasterina umbonata in the database

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