Ctenophoraster Fisher 1906 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Full reference: W. K. Fisher. 1906. The starfishes of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the Pacific Marine Fisheries Commission 23:987-1130
Parent taxon: Astropectinidae according to W. K. Fisher 1906
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Advenaster, Aldebarania, Astrocratis, Astropecten, Astropectininae, Boxaster, Coulonia, Dipsacaster, Eoastropecten, Eokainaster, Pentasteria, Persephonaster, Plutonaster, Prothrissacanthias, Riedaster, Tethyaster
Subtaxa: Ctenophoraster downeyae
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Antarctica (17 collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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