†Trichasteropsis Eck 1879 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Trichasteropsida - Trichasteropsiidae
Alternative spelling: Trichaster
Full reference: H. Eck. 1879. Bemerkungen zu den Mittheilungen des Herrn H. Pohlig über "Aspidura, ein mesozoisches Ophiuridengenus" und über die Lagerstätte der Ophiuren im Muschelkalk. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 31(1):35-53
Parent taxon: Trichasteropsiidae according to D. B. Blake and H. Hagdorn 2003
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxon: Berckhemeraster
Subtaxa: Trichasteropsis bielertorum Trichasteropsis senfti Trichasteropsis weissmanni
Type: Asterias weissmanni
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
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