Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Asteriidae

Alternative spelling: Hystriyasterias

Full reference: D. B. Blake. 1990. Hettangian Asteriidae (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) from southern Germany: taxonomy, phylogeny and life habits. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 64(1/2):103-123

Parent taxon: Asteriidae according to D. B. Blake 1990

Sister taxa: Asteriinae, Dermasterinae, Germanasterias, Pegaster, Savignasterias, Sclerasterias

Subtaxa: Hystrixasterias hettangiurnus

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Type: Hystrixasterias hettangiurnus

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore