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Encrinaster grayae

Ophiuroidea - Encrinasteridae

Taxonomy
Aspidosoma grayae was named by Spencer (1914). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Holotype BMNH E52455a,b.

It was recombined as Encrinaster grayae by Schuchert (1915), Spencer (1930), Owen (1965), Spencer and Wright (1966) and Dean Shackleton (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Aspidosoma grayae Spencer p. 23 figs. figs. 22, 24; pl. 1 fig. 8
1915Encrinaster grayae Schuchert p. 245
1930Encrinaster grayae Spencer pp. 420-423 figs. figs. 259, 260, 263, 268-172; pl. 28 fig
1965Encrinaster grayae Owen pp. 552-553
1966Encrinaster grayae Spencer and Wright p. U85 figs. figs. 73.1a-c, 74.3a-c
2005Encrinaster grayae Dean Shackleton p. 82 figs. figs. 2H, 2I; pl. 2 figs. 7, 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
familyEncrinasteridae
genusEncrinaster
speciesgrayae()

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.

Encrinaster grayae Spencer 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:30:09
Modified: 2010-02-12 01:58:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Rawtheyan or 448.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Encrinaster grayae (73134)