Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Furcasteridae

Full reference: E. Stürtz. 1899. Ein weiter Beitrag zur Kenntnis paläozoischer Asteroiden. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen vereins der preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 56:176-240

Parent taxon: Zeugophiurina according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966

See also Boczarowski 2001, Haude and Thomas 1983, Lehmann 1957, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915 and Spencer 1925

Sister taxon: Lapworthuridae

Subtaxa: Tremataster

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Type: Furcaster

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

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Furcasteridae in the database

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