Loriolaster mirabilis Stürtz 1886 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Encrinasteridae

Full reference: B. Stürtz. 1886. Beitrag zur Kenntnis paläozoische Seesterne. Palaeontographica 32:75-98

Belongs to Loriolaster according to W. K. Spencer 1934

See also Klinghardt 1933, Lehmann 1957, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915, Stürtz 1886 and Stürtz 1890

Sister taxon: Loriolaster gracilis

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

Distribution: found only at Bundenbach - Eschenbach, Germany (Devonian of Germany)

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