Eosphaeraster Gale 2021 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Sphaerasteridae

Full reference: A.S. Gale. 2021. Taxonomy and phylogeny of the ‘football stars’ (Asteroidea, Sphaerasteridae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19(10):691-741

Parent taxon: Sphaerasteridae according to A.S. Gale 2021

Sister taxa: Bulbosphaeraster, Echinosphaeraster, Pouzaster, Rugosphaeraster, Sphaeraster, Testudinaster, Valettaster

Subtaxa: Eosphaeraster amellagensis

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Type: Eosphaeraster amellagensis

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Eosphaeraster in the database

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