Archegonaster Jaekel 1923

Somasteroidea

Full reference: O.M.J. Jaekel. 1923. Zur Morphogenie der Asterozoa. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 5:344-350

Parent taxon: Somasteroidea according to D. B. Blake 2013

See also Blake and Guensburg 2015, Dean Shackleton 2005, Owen 1965, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1951 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Archegonasteridae, Catervaparmaster, Chinianasteridae, Goniactinida

Subtaxa: Archegonaster pentagonus

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Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sarka Fm, Prague Basin, Czech Republic (Ordovician of Czech Republic)

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