Yarravaster Spencer 1950 (sea star)

Asteroidea

Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1950. Asterozoa and the study of Palaeozoic faunas. Geological Magazine 87:393-408

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

See also Owen 1965, Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Ambuloasteroidea, Arthrasteridae, Cryptozonia, Euasteroidea, Euaxosida, Hadrosida, Hemizonida, Hunsrueckaster, Kermasida, Lepidasterella, Neopalaeasteridae, Petrasteridae, Phanerozoma, Phanerozonida, Platyasterida, Pleuraster, Proactis, Protarthraster, Pustulosida, Schuchertiidae, Silicaster, Spinulosacea, Trichotaster

Subtaxa: none

Type: Caractacaster yarraensis

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Yarravaster in the database

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