Physaster Pomel 1883 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Holasteroida

Full reference: A. Pomel. 1883. Classification méthodique des échinides vivants et fossiles. Adolphe Jourdan, Alger 1-131

Parent taxon: Holasteroida according to C. D. Wagner and J. W. Durham 1966

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Calymnidae, Coraster, Corechinus, Coryslus, Eoholaster, Hemipneustidae, Menuthiaster, Meridosternata, Nordenskjoeldaster, Pomaster, Pseudholaster, Pseudholasteridae, Smithiaster, Stenonasteridae, Turanglaster

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Physaster in the database

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