†Tremataster Worthen and Miller 1883 (brittle star)
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Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Furcasteridae
Full reference: A. H. Worthen and S.A. Miller. 1883. Class Echinodermata. Geology and Paleontology. Geological Survey of Illinois, H.W. Rokker, Spingfield 7:327-338
Parent taxon: Furcasteridae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Schuchert 1915 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cholaster, Furcaster
Subtaxa: Tremataster decheni Tremataster difficilis
Type: Tremataster difficilis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tremataster in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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