Brachiaster Wilson 1925 (demosponge)

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

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hammersley River (Eocene of Australia)

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