†Protaster piltonensis Spencer 1934 (brittle star)
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Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae
Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1934. A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 1933(9):437-494
Belongs to Protaster according to W. K. Spencer 1934
See also Owen 1965
Sister taxa: Protaster bicatenulata, Protaster groomi, Protaster salteri, Protaster sedgwickii, Protaster stellifer, Protaster ubaghsi, Bohemura granifer, Bohemura jahni, Urosoma hirudo
Type specimen: Holotype BMNH E13835
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Protaster piltonensis in the database
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