Urasterella

Updated on Jan 01, 2025

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Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Eleutherozoa Order Platyasterida Rank Genus		Phylum Echinodermata Class Asteroidea Family Palasteriscidae

Similar Furcaster, Stenaster, Mimetaster, Pentasteria, Taxocrinus

Urasterella is an extinct genus of sea stars that lived from the Ordovician to the Devonian. Its fossils are known from Europe, North America and southern Africa.

Species

There have been a number of species assigned or transferred to the genus since its description in 1851.

U. asperrimus

U. asperula (syn. Protasteracanthion primus)

U. biradialis (syn. Salteraster biradialis)

U. constellata

U. coronella (syn. Salteraster coronella)

U. creswelli

U. grandis

U. gutterfordensis

U. huxleyi

U. imbricatus (syn. Salteraster imbricatus)

U. montana

U. pulchella

U. ruthveni

U. selwyni (syn. Salteraster selwyni)

U. thraivensis

U. ulrichi

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