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Hemiaster (Trachyaster)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Trachyaster Pomel p. 473
1883Trachyaster Pomel
1949Hemiaster (Trachyaster) minutus Sanchez Roig
1966Hemiaster (Trachyaster) Fischer p. U559
1984Hemiaster (Trachyaster) Kier p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
familyHemiasteridae
genusHemiaster
subgenusTrachyaster()

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.

Subg. †Hemiaster (Trachyaster) Pomel 1869
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Hemiaster (Trachyaster) decipiens Duncan and Sladen 1883
Hemiaster (Trachyaster) herrarae Lambert and Sanchez Roig 1926
Invalid names: Hemiaster (Trachyaster) minutus Sanchez Roig 1949 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Burdigalian or 47.80000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Qatar Hemiaster decipiens (209101)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt Trachyaster cotteaui (47996)