Echinocaris ohioensis Sturgeon et al. 1964 (arthropod)

Malacostraca - Archaeostraca

Belongs to Echinocaris according to Sturgeon et al. 1964

Sister taxa: Echinocaris multinodosa, Echinocaris multispinosus, Echinocaris socialis, Echinocaris sublevis, Echinocaris whidbornei

Type specimen: Its type locality is SE of Madison, Ashtabula, which is in a Famennian marine shale/siltstone in the Chagrin Shale Formation of Ohio

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (3: Ohio collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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