Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Alternative combination: Aspidura streichani
Full reference: M. Kutscher. 1987. Aspidura streichani sp. n. - eine neue Ophiuren-Art aus dem Muschelkalk von Rüdersdorf. Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften 15(6):703-707
Belongs to Aspiduriella according to D. P. Bolette 1998
See also Calzada and Gutiérrez 1988, Kutscher 1987 and Radwanski 2002
Sister taxa: Aspiduriella camuna, Aspiduriella dorae, Aspiduriella italica, Aspiduriella ludeni, Aspiduriella montserratensis, Aspiduriella scutellata, Aspiduriella similis, Aspidura idahoensis, Aspidura (Hemiglypha), Aspidura (Amphiglypha)
Type specimen: Its type locality is Echinodermata, Muschelkalk, Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg, which is in an Anisian offshore marl in the Muschelkalk Formation of Germany
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Echinodermata, Muschelkalk, Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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