Aulactis Spencer 1930 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Stenasteridae

Full reference: W. K. Spencer. 1930. A monograph of the British Palaeozoic Asteroidea. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 1828(8):389-436

Parent taxon: Stenasteridae according to D. B. Blake et al. 2016

See also Dean Shackleton 2005, Owen 1965, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1940 and Spencer and Wright 1966

Sister taxon: Stenaster

Subtaxa: Aulactis orthopeda

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Type: Aulactis orthopeda

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Aulactis in the database

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