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Eifelaster follmanni

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Xenasteridae

Taxonomy
Eifelaster follmanni was named by Schöndorf (1909). It is the type species of Eifelaster.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Eifelaster follmanni Schöndorf p. 70 figs. pl. 10 fig. 7, 8
1915Eifelaster follmanni Schuchert p. 134
2018Eifelaster follmanni Blake p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyXenasteridae
genusEifelaster
speciesfollmanni

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.

†Eifelaster follmanni Schöndorf 1909
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 15:35:10
Modified: 2010-02-09 06:02:08
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available