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Loriolaster gracilis LEHMANN, 1957
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A slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder.
Lit.:
W.M. Lehmann. 1957. Die Asterozoen in den Dachschiefern des rheinischen Unterdevons. Abhandlungen des Hessischen Landesamtes für Bodenforschung 21:1-160
Taxonomy
Brittle Star
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Ophiuroidea
Order: Cheiropterasteridae
Family: Encrinasteridae
Genus: Loriolaster
Species: L. gracilis
Author Citation LEHMANN, 1857
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Devonian
Epoch: Early
International Age: Emsian (early)
Stratigraphy
Hunsrück Slate Group
Kaub Formation
Herrenberg Member
Provenance
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Dimensions
Diameter: 8cm
Location
Eschenbach-Bocksberg Quarry
Bundenbach
Rhineland-Palatinate
Germany
Comments
A slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder.
Lit.:
W.M. Lehmann. 1957. Die Asterozoen in den Dachschiefern des rheinischen Unterdevons. Abhandlungen des Hessischen Landesamtes für Bodenforschung 21:1-160
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