Doraster Downey 1970 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Zoroasteridae

Full reference: M. E. Downey. 1970. Zorocallida, new order, and Doraster constellatus, new genus and species, with note on the Zoroasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Smithsonian Contribution to Zoology 64:1-18

Parent taxon: Zoroasteridae according to M. E. Downey 1970

Sister taxon: Zoroaster

Subtaxa: Doraster mizunoi

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Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Doraster in the database

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