Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Alternative combinations: Aspidura scutellata, Asterites scutellatus
Synonyms: Aspidura (Hemiglypha) loricata Goldfuss 1833, Aspidura loricata Goldfuss 1833, Ophiura loricata Goldfuss 1833
Full reference: J. F. Blumenbach. 1803. Specimen Archaeologiae Telluris terrarumque inprimis Hannoveranarum. H. Dieterich, Göttingen 1-28
Belongs to Aspiduriella according to A. Radwanski 2002
See also Agassiz 1835, Assmann 1937, Benecke 1886, Blumenbach 1803, Boehm 1889, Bolette 1998, Calzada and Gutiérrez 1988, d'Orbigny 1850, Eck 1865, Eck 1879, Fraas 1888, Goldfuss 1833, Heller 1959, Hess 1965, Kutscher 1940, Müller 1976, Picard 1889, Pohlig 1878, Schmidt 1928, Spencer and Wright 1966 and von Zittel 1883
Sister taxa: Aspiduriella camuna, Aspiduriella dorae, Aspiduriella italica, Aspiduriella ludeni, Aspiduriella montserratensis, Aspiduriella similis, Aspiduriella streichani, Aspidura idahoensis, Aspidura (Amphiglypha), Aspidura (Hemiglypha)
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Germany (2 collections), Poland (1), Spain (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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