Full reference: T. Wright. 1880. Monograph of the British fossil Echinodermata from the oolithic formations. Volume 2 - The Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. Part 3. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 1880:155-203
Parent taxon: Asteroidea according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Wright 1880
Sister taxa: Ambuloasteroidea, Arthrasteridae, Cryptozonia, Euasteroidea, Euaxosida, Hadrosida, Hemizonida, Hunsrueckaster, Kermasida, Lepidasterella, Neopalaeasteridae, Petrasteridae, Phanerozoma, Phanerozonida, Platyasterida, Pleuraster, Proactis, Protarthraster, Pustulosida, Schuchertiidae, Silicaster, Spinulosacea, Yarravaster
Subtaxa: Trichotaster plumiformis
Type: Trichotaster plumiformis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Trichotaster in the database
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