Astrophyton Fleming 1828 (basket star)
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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
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Astrophyton in the database
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