Aspiduriella dorae Lepsius 1878 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae

Alternative combinations: Aspidura dorae, Ophiura dorae

Full reference: R. G. Lepsius. 1878. Das Westliche Süd-Tirol: geologisch dargestellt. Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz 1-375

Belongs to Aspiduriella according to D. P. Bolette 1998

See also Benecke 1886, Calzada and Gutiérrez 1988, Hess 1965, Lepsius 1878 and Radwanski 2002

Sister taxa: Aspiduriella camuna, Aspiduriella italica, Aspiduriella ludeni, Aspiduriella montserratensis, Aspiduriella scutellata, Aspiduriella similis, Aspiduriella streichani, Aspidura (Amphiglypha), Aspidura (Hemiglypha), Aspidura idahoensis

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

Distribution:

• Triassic of Italy (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.