†Delicaster hotchkissi Blake and Koniecki 2019 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Kermasida - Permasteridae
Full reference: D. B. Blake and J. Koniecki. 2019. Two new Paleozoic Asteroidea (Echinodermata) and their taxonomic and evolutionary significance. Journal of Paleontology 93(1):105-114
Belongs to Delicaster according to D. B. Blake and J. Koniecki 2019
Sister taxon: Delicaster enigmaticus
Type specimen: YPM IP 238703 (disk, most of three arms, and the proximal portions of the remaining two arms)
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Delicaster hotchkissi in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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