†Sigsbeia lunaris Hess 1962 (brittle star)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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