Brachiaster Wilson 1925 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Pachastrellida - Pachastrellidae
Parent taxon: Pachastrellidae according to A. Pisera and M. A. Bitner 2007
Sister taxa: Acanthophora, Calthropellinae, Halininae, Helobrachium, Pachastrellinae, Paropsites, Propachastrella, Youngella
Subtaxa: Brachiaster claudelevii
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Hammersley River (Eocene of Australia)
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