†Furcaster trepidans Spencer 1925 (brittle star)
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Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae
Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1925. A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 1922(6):237-324
Belongs to Furcaster according to J. Dean Shackleton 2005
See also Owen 1965 and Spencer 1925
Sister taxa: Furcaster aequoreus, Furcaster cataphractus, Furcaster daoulasensis, Furcaster decheni, Furcaster leptosoma, Furcaster palaeozoicus, Furcaster zitteli
Type specimen: Holotype BMNH E52441a,b
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Furcaster trepidans in the database
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