Asteroidea - Kermasida - Permasteridae

Full reference: R. V. Kesling. 1969. Three Permian starfish from Western Australia and their bearing on revision of the Asteroidea. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 22:361-376

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

See also Blake and Elliott 2003, Kesling 1969 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ambigaster, Delicaster, Emphereaster

Subtaxa: Permaster grandis

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Type: Permaster grandis

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wandagee stage, Minilya river, Carnavon basin (Permian of Australia)

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