Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae
Alternative combinations: Protaster granuliferus, Taeniaster granuliferus
Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1872. Descriptions of a few new species and one new genus of Silurian fossils from Ohio. American Journal of Science 3(4):274-281
Belongs to Alepidaster according to C. Schuchert 1915
See also James 1896, Meek 1872, Meek 1873, Parks 1908 and Spencer 1934
Sister taxa: Taeniaster armoricanus, Taeniaster elegans, Taeniaster ibericus, Taeniaster spinosus, Alepidaster miamiensis, Alepidaster flexuosus, Palaeophiomyxa grandis
Type specimen: MCZ 108074
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Alepidaster granuliferus in the database
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