Soluta - Syringocrinida - Minervaecystidae
Full reference: R. J. Prokop and V. Petr. 2004. Plasiacystis mobilis, gen. et sp. n., a strange “carpoid” (Echinodermata, ?Homoiostelea: Soluta) in the Bohemian Ordovician (Czech Republic). Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B, Natural History 59(3–4):151-162
Parent taxon: Minervaecystidae according to C. Dupichaud et al. 2023
See also Noailles et al. 2014 and Prokop and Petr 2004
Sister taxa: Minervaecystis, Nimchacystis, Pahvanticystis
Subtaxa: Plasiacystis mobilis
Type: Plasiacystis mobilis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (5 collections), Morocco (6), Spain (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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