Devonistella Spencer 1927 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Euaxosida

Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1927. A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 1925(7):325-388

Parent taxon: Euaxosida according to D. B. Blake 2018

See also Owen 1965, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1927 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Cnemidactinidae, Eoactis, Helianthasteridae, Lacertasteridae, Lepidasteridae, Lepidasterina, Lepyriactis, Mesopalaeasteridae, Omanasteridae, Palasterinidae, Platanasteridae, Schondorfia, Taeniactis

Subtaxa: Devonistella filiciformis

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Type: Helianthaster filiciformis

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Devonistella in the database

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