Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae
Alternative combination: Eugasterella bicatenulata
Full reference: R. Ruedemann. 1916. Account of some new or little known species of fossils mostly from Palaeozoic rocks of New York. Paleontological contributions from the New York State Museum 189:7-97
Belongs to Protaster according to W. K. Spencer 1934
See also Owen 1965 and Ruedemann 1916
Sister taxa: Protaster groomi, Protaster piltonensis, Protaster salteri, Protaster sedgwickii, Protaster stellifer, Protaster ubaghsi, Bohemura granifer, Bohemura jahni, Urosoma hirudo
Type specimen: Holotype NYSM 7764
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Protaster bicatenulata in the database
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