Artiopoda - Phacopida - Acastidae
Alternative spelling: Acasta (Acastoides)
Parent taxon: Acastidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Lemke 2020 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acastava, Acastavinae, Acaste, Acastella, Acastellina, Acastopyge, Armorigreenops, Asteropyginae, Baniaspis, Bellacartwrightia, Braunops, Breizhops, Centauropyge, Chimaerastella, Coltraneia, Cryphina, Delocare, Deloops, Echinopyge, Feruminops, Gourdonia, Greenops, Gudralisium, Hallandclarkeops, Harringtonacaste, Hexacosta, Hollardops, Kayserops, Kennacryphaeus, Kloucekia, Llandovacaste, Mimocryphaeus, Morocconites, Neocalmonia, Paracryphaeus, Pelitlina, Phacopidina, Pilletina, Protacanthina, Pseudocryphaeus, Psychopyge, Rheicops, Sanidopyge, Scotiella, Sokhretia, Stummiana, Tolkienia, Treveropyge, Turcopyge, Walliserops
Subtaxa: Acastoides (Acastoides) Acastoides haddadi Acastoides hollardi Acastoides maurus Acastoides paeckelmanni Acastoides zguilmensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Bolivia (3 collections), France (6), Germany (4), Morocco (3), Poland (7), Türkiye (3)
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 27 collections including 29 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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