Asteroidea - Pustulosida - Xenasteridae

PaleoDB taxon number: 31370

Full reference: F. Schöndorf. 1909. Paläozoische Seesterne Deutschlands. I. Die echten Asteriden der Rheinischen Grauwacke. Palaeontographica 65:37-172

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

Sister taxa: Agalmaster, Eifelaster, Palaeostella, Trimeraster, Xenaster

Subtaxa: Rhenaster schwerdi

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Type: Rhenaster schwerdi

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore