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Miomaster

Asteroidea - Hadrosida

Taxonomy
Miomaster was named by Schöndorf (1909). Its type is Miomaster drevermanni.

It was synonymized subjectively with Spaniaster by Spencer and Wright (1966).

It was assigned to Asteroidea by Schöndorf (1909); to Mesopalaeasterinae by Schuchert (1915); and to Hadrosida by Blake (2018).

Species
M. drevermanni (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Miomaster Schöndorf p. 38
1915Miomaster Schuchert p. 96
2018Miomaster Blake p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
genusMiomaster

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.

G. †Miomaster Schöndorf 1909
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Miomaster drevermanni Schöndorf 1909
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 15:35:10
Modified: 2010-02-09 06:02:08
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available