Trimeraster Schöndorf 1909 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Xenasteridae

Full reference: F. Schöndorf. 1909. Paläozoische Seesterne Deutschlands. I. Die echten Asteriden der Rheinischen Grauwacke. Palaeontographica 65:37-172

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

See also Schöndorf 1909, Schuchert 1915, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Agalmaster, Devonaster, Eifelaster, Palaenectria, Palaeostella, Rhenaster, Xenaster

Subtaxa: Trimeraster parvulus

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Type: Trimeraster parvulus

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Trimeraster in the database

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