Solaster Forbes 1839 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Spinulosida - Solasteridae
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1839. On the Asteriadae of the Irish Sea. Mem. Wer. Soc. edinburgh 8:114-129
Parent taxon: Solasteridae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Perrier 1884 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Lophaster
Subtaxa: Solaster murchisoni
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Solaster in the database
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