Lepidactis Spencer 1918 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Lepidasteridae

Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1918. A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society, London 1916(3):109-168

Parent taxon: Lepidasteridae according to D. B. Blake 2018

See also Blake et al. 2016, Herringshaw et al. 2007, Owen 1965, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1918 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Lepidaster, Michiganaster

Subtaxa: Lepidactis wenlocki

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Type: Lepidactis wenlocki

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

• Ordovician of France (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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