Protheelia geinitziana Spandel 1898 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Theeliidae

Alternative combinations: Chiridotites geinitzianus, Chirodota geinitziana

Full reference: E. Spandel. 1898. Die Echinodermen des Deutschen Zechsteins. Abhandlungen der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft zu Nürnberg 11:17-49

Belongs to Protheelia according to M. Reich 2007

See also Deflandre-Rigaud 1950, Deflandre-Rigaud 1952, Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Frizzell and Exline 1966, Soodan 1991 and Spandel 1898

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Galgenberg, Ranis (Permian of Germany)

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