†Furcaster daoulasensis Davy 1887 (brittle star)
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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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