Plutonaster Sladen 1889 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Full reference: W. P. Sladen. 1889. The Asteroidea. Report of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger 1873-1876, Zoology 30:1-935
Parent taxon: Astropectinidae according to W. P. Sladen 1889
Sister taxa: Advenaster, Aldebarania, Astrocratis, Astropecten, Astropectininae, Boxaster, Coulonia, Ctenophoraster, Dipsacaster, Eoastropecten, Eokainaster, Pentasteria, Persephonaster, Prothrissacanthias, Riedaster, Tethyaster
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Plutonaster in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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