Hystrigaster Lehmann 1957

Stenuroidea

Alternative spelling: Hystragaster

Full reference: W.M. Lehmann. 1957. Die Asterozoen in den Dachschifern des rheinischen Unterdevons. Abhandlungen des Hessischen Landeshamtes für Bodenforchung 21:1-160

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

See also Lehmann 1957, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Acinetaster, Echinasterella, Embolasteridae, Eophiuricae, Jaekelaster, Klasmuridae, Lehmannaster, Lopidiaster, Maydena, Palaeuricae, Palasteriscus, Parophiurina, Proturina, Ptilonaster, Scalarina, Stuertzaster

Subtaxa: Hystrigaster horridus

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Type: Hystrigaster horridus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bundenbach - Eschenbach, Germany (Devonian of Germany)

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