Girvanaster Spencer 1916 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Hudsonasteridae

Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1916. A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 1915(2):57-108

Parent taxon: Hudsonasteridae according to D. B. Blake 2018

See also Dean Shackleton 2005, Owen 1965, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Arceoaster, Coccasterinae, Doliaster, Hudsonaster, Hudsonasterinae, Silurasterinae

Subtaxa: Girvanaster sculptus

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Type: Girvanaster sculptus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Girvanaster in the database

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