†Crepidosoma Spencer 1930 (brittle star)
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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: Encrinasterinae according to J. A. Harper and R. W. Morris 1978
See also Owen 1965, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1930 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxon: Marginura
Subtaxa: Crepidosoma doylei Crepidosoma wenlocki
Type: Crepidosoma wenlocki
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection)
• Silurian of Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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