Echinaster Müller and Troschel 1840 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Spinulosida - Echinasteridae
Synonym: Rhopia Gray 1840 [objective synonym]
Full reference: J. Müller and F.H. Troschel. 1840. Ueber die Gattungen der Asterien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6:318-326
Parent taxon: Echinasteridae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Clark and Downey 1992, Sepkoski 2002 and Verrill 1870
Sister taxon: Henricia
Subtaxa: Echinaster jacobseni
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Echinaster in the database
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