Lophaster Verrill 1878 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Spinulosida - Solasteridae
Full reference: A. E. Verrill. 1878. Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America. Part 1. American Journal of Science 16:207-215
Parent taxon: Solasteridae according to W. K. Fisher 1911
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Solaster
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lophaster in the database
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