Sigsbeia lunaris Hess 1962 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Hemieuryalidae

Alternative combination: Hemieuryale lunaris

Full reference: H. Hess. 1962. Mikropaläontologische Untersuchungen an Ophiuren II. Die Ophiuren aus dem Lias (Pliensbachien-Toarcien) von Seewen (Kt. Solothurn). Bericht der schweitzerischen palaeontologischen Gesellschaft 55(2):609-656

Belongs to Sigsbeia according to M Kutscher 1996

See also Hess 1962, Hess 1964 and Kutscher and Villier 2003

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (3), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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