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Comptoniaster
Taxonomy
Comptoniaster was named by Breton (1983). It is not extant. Its type is Goniaster (Stellaster) comptoni. It was considered paraphyletic by Blake (2010).
It was assigned to Goniasteridae by Breton (1983), Breton (1992), Villier (2008), Villier (2010), Blake (2010), Gale (2011).
It was assigned to Goniasteridae by Breton (1983), Breton (1992), Villier (2008), Villier (2010), Blake (2010), Gale (2011).
Species
Entered
by L. Villier on 2003-06-09; modified by L. Villier on 2013-10-27
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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. †Comptoniaster Breton 1983
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†Comptoniaster adamsi Blake 2010
†Comptoniaster basseti de Loriol 1887
†Comptoniaster berthandi Wright 1880
†Comptoniaster comptoni Forbes 1848
†Comptoniaster destombesi Breton 1988
†Comptoniaster fourtaui de Loriol 1909
†Comptoniaster godeti Breton 1992
†Comptoniaster jangouxi Breton 1992
†Comptoniaster meyeri Breton et al. 1994
†Comptoniaster michaelisi Niebuhr and Seibertz 2018
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Invalid names: Asterias schulzii Roemer 1841 [replaced]
†Comptoniaster peetersorum Jagt 2000
†Comptoniaster schlumbergeri de Loriol 1889
†Comptoniaster sharpii Wright 1880
†Comptoniaster spongiarum Breton 1992
†Comptoniaster vrinensis Villier et al. 2004
†Comptoniaster weitschati Breton 1988
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. Breton 1992 | Long and slender arms (occasionally obtuse). Interbrachial arc straight or slightly concave. R:r ratio between 2 and 3 in adults. Marginal plates numerous, short, wider in the disc and the base of the arm. Superomarginal rows separated by at least one row of abactinal plates all along the arm. Ornament of fine and dense granule-pits. Pedicellariae-pits large, elongate and numerous, when present. |