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Comptoniaster sharpii

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Stellaster sharpii was named by Wright (1880). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Natural History Museum, London, holotype BNHM OR 75792.

It was recombined as Metopaster sharpii by Lewis (1993); it was recombined as Comptoniaster sharpii by Breton (1983), Breton (1992), Breton (1997), Breton (1997).

Entered
by L. Villier on 2006-08-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Stellaster sharpii Wright p. 165 figs. pl. 20
1887Stellaster sharpii Nicklès pp. 482-483 fig. 1
1983Comptoniaster sharpii Breton p. 244
1992Comptoniaster sharpii Breton p. 22 fig. 96
1993Metopaster sharpii Lewis p. 58
1997Comptoniaster sharpii Breton p. 137

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusComptoniaster
speciessharpii()

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.

†Comptoniaster sharpii Wright 1880
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Breton 1992Disk pentagonal. Interbrachial s arc rounded. Arms slender. R/r ratio nearly equals to three. About 25 pairs of marginal plates per half-arc. Maximum width of marginals in the interradius, marginals squared in arms.