†Mastigactis 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: Encrinasteridae according to J. Dean Shackleton 2005
See also Owen 1965, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer 1930 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Armathyrasterinae, Cheiropteraster, Encrinaster, Encrinasterinae, Euzonosoma, Loriolaster, Urozoma
Subtaxa: Mastigactis aranea
Type: Eugasterella aranea
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mastigactis in the database
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