ammonites
Echinasterella Stürtz 1890 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Hemizonida - Helianthasteridae

Full reference: B. Stürtz. 1890. Neuer Beitrag zur Kenntniss paläozoischer Seesterne. Palaeontographica 36:203-247

Parent taxon: Helianthasteridae according to W. K. Spencer and C.W. Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Arkonaster, Helianthaster, Helianthasterinae, Hystrigaster, Lepidasterella

Subtaxa: Echinasterella darwini, Echinasterella sladeni

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Type: Echinasterella sladeni

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore