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Furcaster trepidans

Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae

Taxonomy
Furcaster trepidans was named by Spencer (1925). Its type specimen is Holotype BMNH E52441a,b and is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. separatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Furcaster trepidans Spencer pp. 317-318 figs. figs. 192, 197c, 209, 210; pl. 22 figs.
1965Furcaster trepidans Owen p. 557
2005Furcaster trepidans Dean Shackleton p. 84 figs. pl. 2 figs. 3, 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
orderOegophiurida
suborderLysophiurina()
familyProtasteridae
genusFurcaster
speciestrepidans

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Furcaster trepidans Spencer 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:30:09
Modified: 2010-02-12 01:58:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available