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Crateraster rotundus

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Crateraster rotundus was named by Schulz and Weitschat (1981). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institute, University of Hamburg, holotype SGPIH 25.

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by L. Villier on 2006-08-31

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Crateraster rotundus Schulz and Weitschat pp. 31-32 figs. pl. 4 fig. 3-7, pl. 5 fig. 3
1987Crateraster rotundus Gale p. 183 figs. pl. 7 fig. 12

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

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.

Crateraster rotundus Schulz and Weitschat 1981
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. S. Gale 1987Small Crateraster. Outline rounded pentagonal. Four or five marginal pairs per half-arc. Ornament of longitudinally arranged crater-shaped pits on abradial part of marginals