Strataster ohioensis Kesling and Le Vasseur 1971 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae

Full reference: R. V. Kesling and D. Le Vasseur. 1971. Strataster ohioensis, a new early Mississippian brittle-star, and the paleoecology of its community. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 23(20):305-341

Belongs to Strataster according to P. A. Jell and J. N. Theron 1999

See also Hotchkiss 1993 and Kesling and Le Vasseur 1971

Sister taxa: Strataster devonicus, Strataster maciverorum, Strataster stuckenbergi, Strataster wrighti

Type specimen: Holotype UMMP 5829a

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Additional Waboomberg Formation Echinoderms, South Africa (Devonian of South Africa)

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