Encrinaster grayae Spencer 1914 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Encrinasteridae

Alternative combination: Aspidosoma grayae

Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1914. British Palaeozoic Asterozoa. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 1913(1):1-56

Belongs to Encrinaster according to J. Dean Shackleton 2005

See also Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915, Spencer 1914, Spencer 1930 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Encrinaster arnoldi, Encrinaster eifelensis, Encrinaster hamlingi, Encrinaster laevidiscus, Encrinaster petaloides, Encrinaster pontis, Encrinaster roemeri, Encrinaster tischbeinianus

Type specimen: Holotype BMNH E52455a,b

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

Distribution: found only at Locality 5. “Starfish Bed,” small cliff above S. bank of Lady Burn River, 100 meters south of South Treave Farmhouse, Thraive Glen, Girvan (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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