Ophidiaster Agassiz 1836 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Valvatida - Ophidiasteridae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1836. Prodrome d'une monographie des radiaires ou échinodermes. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchâtel 1:168-199
Parent taxon: Ophidiasteridae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Verrill 1870
Sister taxa: Altairia, Certonardoa, Chariaster, Denebia, Linckia, Nardoa, Sladenia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ophidiaster in the database
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