Nearchaster Fisher 1911 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Benthopectinidae
Full reference: W.K. Fisher. 1911. Two new genera of starfishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7:89-92
Parent taxon: Benthopectinidae according to W.K. Fisher 1911
See also Gale and Jagt 2021
Sister taxa: Benthopectininae, Cheiraster, Jurapecten, Paleobenthopectininae, Punkaster
Subtaxa: Nearchaster spinosus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Asteroidea, Keasey fm, Mist (Eocene to Oligocene of Oregon)
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