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Girvanaster sculptus

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Hudsonasteridae

Taxonomy
Girvanaster sculptus was named by Spencer (1916). Its type specimen is Lectotype BMNH E52539 and is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Girvanaster.

It was recombined as Protopalaeaster sculptus by Owen (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Girvanaster sculptus Spencer pp. 70-72 figs. fig. 34, 35; pl. 2 fig. 7; pl. 3 fig. 6
1965Protopalaeaster sculptus Owen p. 568
1966Girvanaster sculptus Spencer and Wright p. U50 figs. fig. 47a-b
2005Girvanaster sculptus Dean Shackleton p. 100 figs. pl. 6 fig. 3, 4
2018Girvanaster sculptus Blake p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyHudsonasteridae
genusGirvanaster
speciessculptus

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.

Girvanaster sculptus Spencer 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteg
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryg
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparousg
Dispersal: waterg
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-07 00:25:56
Modified: 2009-09-07 02:25:56
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum
References: Spencer and Wright 1966, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available