†Echinocaris Whitfield 1880 (arthropod)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Parent taxon: Echinocaridina according to D. E. G. Briggs et al. 2004
See also Brooks et al. 1969, Feldmann and Schweitzer 2019 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aristozoe, Cinerocaris, Eleutherocaris, Montecaris, Paraechinocaris
Subtaxa: Echinocaris multinodosa Echinocaris multispinosus Echinocaris ohioensis Echinocaris socialis Echinocaris sublevis Echinocaris whidbornei
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of the United Kingdom (2 collections), United States (11: Michigan, New York, Ohio)
Total: 13 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.