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Fredaster guyaderi

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Metopaster guyaderi was named by Breton (1992). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Museum d'Histoire Naturelle of Le Havre, Holotype MHNH 8388, Paratype MHNH 8389-. It is the type species of Fredaster.

It was recombined as Fredaster guyaderi by Breton and Néraudeau (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Metopaster guyaderi Breton pp. 126-127 figs. 47, pl. 5 fig. 9-12
2008Fredaster guyaderi Breton and Néraudeau pp. 332-233 figs. figs. 3.2a-d, 4.7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusFredaster
speciesguyaderi()

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.

Fredaster guyaderi Breton 1992
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Breton 1992Small size marginals. Intermediate Superomarginal plates relatively short; external face domed with ornament of conjugated tiny tubercles and pits. Inferomarginal plates low, squared or nearly so, with ornament of large granule-pits.
G. Breton and D. Néraudeau 2008As for the genus, by monotypy.