Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae
Alternative combinations: Drepanaster flexuosus, Protaster flexuosus, Protasterina flexuosa
Full reference: S. A. Miller and C.B. Dyer. 1878. Contributions to palaeontology (descriptions of Cincinnatian and Niagaran fossils). Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 1:24-39
Belongs to Alepidaster according to C. Schuchert 1915
See also James 1896, Miller 1889, Miller and Dyer 1878, Parks 1908 and Spencer 1934
Sister taxa: Taeniaster armoricanus, Taeniaster elegans, Taeniaster ibericus, Taeniaster spinosus, Alepidaster granuliferus, Alepidaster miamiensis, Palaeophiomyxa grandis
Type specimen: Syntypes MCZ 108078, 108079
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Alepidaster flexuosus in the database
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