Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae
Alternative combination: Protaster miamiensis
Full reference: S. A. Miller. 1882. Description of three new species and remarks upon others. Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 5(3):116-117
Belongs to Alepidaster according to C. Schuchert 1915
See also James 1896, Miller 1882 and Parks 1908
Sister taxa: Taeniaster armoricanus, Taeniaster elegans, Taeniaster ibericus, Taeniaster spinosus, Alepidaster flexuosus, Alepidaster granuliferus, Palaeophiomyxa grandis
Type specimen: Holotype USMN 40886
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Alepidaster miamiensis in the database
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