†Taeniactis Spencer 1927 (sea star)
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Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1927. A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asterozoa. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 1925(7):325-388
Parent taxon: Euaxosida according to D. B. Blake 2018
See also Owen 1965, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1927 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Cnemidactinidae, Devonistella, Eoactis, Helianthasteridae, Lacertasteridae, Lepidasteridae, Lepidasterina, Lepyriactis, Mesopalaeasteridae, Omanasteridae, Palasterinidae, Platanasteridae, Schondorfia
Subtaxa: Taeniactis wenlocki
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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