PaleoDB taxon number: 31341

Full reference: H.-M. D. de Blainville. 1830. Zoophytes. Dictionnaire de Sciences Naturelles 60:1-546

Parent taxon: Asterozoa according to D. B. Blake 2013

Sister taxa: Catervaparmasteridae, Eopentaroida, Falloasteridae, Ophiuroidea, Phragmactinidae, Somasteroidea, Stenuroidea, Auluroidea

Subtaxa: Ambuloasteroidea, Arthrasteridae, Cryptozonia, Eriaster, Euasteroidea, Euaxosida, Fandasteridae, Hemizonida, Hudsonasteridae, Kermasida, Lepidasteridae, Neopalaeasteridae, Omanasteridae, Petraster, Phanerozoma, Phanerozonida, Platyasterida, Pleiadeaster, Pleuraster, Promopalaeaster, Promopalaeasteridae, Protasteracanthion, Pustulosida, Spinulosacea, Trichotaster, Uranasteridae

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Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore