Archaster Müller and Troschel 1840 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Archasteridae
Full reference: J. Müller and F.H. Troschel. 1840. Ueber die Gattungen der Asterien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6:318-326
Parent taxon: Archasteridae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Gale 2011, Sepkoski 2002 and Viguier 1878
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Archaster in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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