Nipponaster Durham 1952 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae

Parent taxon: Echinarachniidae according to J. W. Durham 1966

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Astrodapsis, Echinarachnius, Kewia, Pseudoastrodapsis, Remondella, Tenuirachnius, Vaquerosella

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nipponaster in the database

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