Eoactis Spencer 1914 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Euaxosida

Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1914. British Palaeozoic Asterozoa. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 1913(1):1-56

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

See also Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1922 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxa: Cnemidactinidae, Devonistella, Helianthasteridae, Lacertasteridae, Lepidasteridae, Lepidasterina, Lepyriactis, Mesopalaeasteridae, Omanasteridae, Palasterinidae, Platanasteridae, Schondorfia, Taeniactis

Subtaxa: Eoactis simplex

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Type: Eoactis simplex

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hafod, near Llandovery (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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