†Valettaster thuyi Gale 2021 (sea star)
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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
Belongs to Valettaster according to A.S. Gale 2021
Sister taxa: Valettaster argus, Valettaster dangeardi, Valettaster digitatus, Valettaster granulatus, Valettaster ocellatus, Valettaster planus, Valettaster stipes
Type specimen: Holotype MHNML 2020.1.1
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Valettaster thuyi in the database
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