Geocoma planata Quenstedt 1876 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aplocomidae

Alternative combination: Ophiura planata

Full reference: F. A. Quenstedt. 1876. Petrefaktenkunde Deutschlands, 1 abt. Echinodermen (Asteriden und Encriniden). L.F. Fues, Leipzig 1-742

Belongs to Geocoma according to G. Boehm 1889

See also Quenstedt 1876

Sister taxa: Geocoma canjuersensis, Geocoma carinata, Geocoma libanotica, Geocoma magna, Geocoma schoentalensis

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

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Geocoma planata in the database

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