Furcaster daoulasensis Davy 1887 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae

Alternative combination: Protaster daoulasensis

Full reference: L. Davy. 1887. Note sur un ophiure (Protaster daoulasensis) du Dévonien inférieur de la rade de Brest. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France 14:182-187

Belongs to Furcaster according to C. Schuchert 1915

See also Davy 1887 and Gregory 1897

Sister taxa: Furcaster aequoreus, Furcaster cataphractus, Furcaster decheni, Furcaster leptosoma, Furcaster palaeozoicus, Furcaster trepidans, Furcaster zitteli

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

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Furcaster daoulasensis in the database

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