Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae
Alternative spelling: Protaster (Drepanaster)
Full reference: G. F. Whidborne. 1898. A monograph of the Devonian fauna of the south of England. Vol. III - Pt. III. The fauna of the Marwood and Pilton Beds. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 52(3 (3)):214-236
Parent taxon: Protasteridae according to J. Dean Shackleton 2005
See also Hotchkiss 1993, Kesling 1970, Owen 1965, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1934, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Whidborne 1898
Sister taxa: Astutuaster, Budenbachia, Chattaster, Eugasterella, Furcaster, Gamiroaster, Gregoriura, Hypophiura, Mastigophiura, Palaeophiura, Protaster, Protasterinae, Strataster, Taeniaster, Weigeltura
Subtaxa: Drepanaster grayae Drepanaster scabrosus Drepanaster schohariae
Type: Drepanaster grayae
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of South Africa (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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