Synonym: Aspidosoma Goldfuss 1848
Full reference: E. H. Haekel. 1866. Generelle Morphologie der Organismen. G. Reimer, Berlin 1:1-574
Parent taxon: Encrinasteridae according to J. Dean Shackleton 2005
See also Goldfuss 1848, Gregory 1899, Harper and Morris 1978, Jell and Theron 1999, Lehmann 1957, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1930 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Armathyrasterinae, Cheiropteraster, Encrinasterinae, Euzonosoma, Loriolaster, Mastigactis, Urozoma
Subtaxa: Encrinaster arnoldi Encrinaster eifelensis Encrinaster grayae Encrinaster hamlingi Encrinaster laevidiscus Encrinaster petaloides Encrinaster pontis Encrinaster roemeri Encrinaster tischbeinianus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Brazil (10 collections), Germany (1), South Africa (4), United States (1: New York), Uruguay (1)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 18 collections including 19 occurrences
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