Asteroidea - Forcipulatida

Full reference: M. Fau, L. Villier, T.A.M. Ewin and A.S. Gale. 2020. A revision of Ophidiaster davidsoni de Loriol and Pellat 1874 from the Tithonian of Boulogne (France) and its transfer from the Valvatacea to the new forcipulatacean genus Psammaster gen. nov. Fossil Record 23:141-149

Parent taxon: Forcipulatida according to M. Fau et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Asteriadina, Asteriidae, Brisingida, Heliasteridae, Labidiasteridae, Neomorphasteridae, Pedicellasteridae, Stichasteridae, Zoroasteridae

Subtaxa: Psammaster davidsoni

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Type: Ophidiaster davidsoni

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Psammaster in the database

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