†Bohemura jahni Jaekel 1903 (brittle star)
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Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae
Full reference: O.M.J. Jaekel. 1903. Asteriden und Ophiuriden aus dem Silur Böhmens. Zeitschrift der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft 55:106-113
Belongs to Bohemura according to W. K. Spencer 1934
See also Jaekel 1903, Owen 1965 and Schuchert 1915
Sister taxa: Protaster bicatenulata, Protaster groomi, Protaster piltonensis, Protaster salteri, Protaster sedgwickii, Protaster stellifer, Protaster ubaghsi, Urosoma hirudo, Bohemura granifer
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Zahorany Fm, midshelf setting, Prague Basin, Czech Republic (Ordovician of Czechia)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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