Sphaeriodiscus Fisher 1910 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Full reference: W. K. Fisher. 1910. New genera of starfishes. Annales and Magazine of Natural History 5(8):171-173

Parent taxon: Goniasterinae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966

See also Fisher 1910 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Goniaster, Pentagonaster, Recurvaster

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sphaeriodiscus in the database

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