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Monaster clarkei

Asteroidea - Kermasida - Monasteridae

Taxonomy
Palaeaster clarkei was named by de Koninck (1877) [Holotype was destroyed]. It is the type species of Palaeaster (Monaster).

It was recombined as Palaeaster (Monaster) clarkei by Etheridge (1892); it was recombined as Etheridgaster clarkei by Gregory (1899); it was recombined as Monaster clarkei by Schuchert (1915), Spencer (1927), Owen (1965) and Blake (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Palaeaster clarkei de Koninck p. 166 figs. pl. 7 fig. 6
1892Palaeaster (Monaster) clarkei Etheridge Jr. p. 71 figs. pl. 14 figs. 1, 2, pl. 15 fig. 4
1899Etheridgaster clarkei Gregory p. 353
1915Monaster clarkei Schuchert p. 172
1927Monaster clarkei Spencer p. 360
1965Monaster clarkei Owen p. 546
2018Monaster clarkei Blake p. 49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderKermasida
familyMonasteridae
genusMonaster()
speciesclarkei()

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.

†Monaster clarkei de Koninck 1877
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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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (New South Wales) Palaeaster clarkei (132323)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Australia (New South Wales) Palaeaster clarkei (132324)