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Hudsonaster rugosus

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Hudsonasteridae

Taxonomy
Palasterina rugosa was named by Billings (1857). It is the type species of Hudsonaster.

It was recombined as Hudsonaster rugosus by Schuchert (1915); it was recombined as Hudsonaster rugosa by Stürtz (1899) and Blake (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Palasterina rugosa Billings p. 291
1858Palasterina rugosa Billings p. 77 figs. pl. 9 fig. 2a-c
1899Hudsonaster rugosa Stürtz pp. 218, 224, 225
1915Hudsonaster rugosus Schuchert pp. 64-65 figs. pl. 3 fig. 1
2018Hudsonaster rugosa Blake p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyHudsonasteridae
genusHudsonaster
speciesrugosus()

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.

†Hudsonaster rugosus Billings 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-10 08:43:29
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:43:29
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Shermanian to the top of the Richmondian or 457.30000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Hudsonaster rugosus (23434)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Hudsonaster rugosus (23400)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Hudsonaster rugosus (23481)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) Hudsonaster rugosus (63675)