Astrophyton Fleming 1828 (basket star)

Ophiuroidea - Euryalida - Gorgonocephalidae

Alternative spelling: Astrophytum

Parent taxon: Gorgonocephalidae according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018

See also Matsumoto 1915 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Astrodendrum, Gorgonocephalinae

Subtaxa: Astrophyton saheliensis

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Astrophyton in the database

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