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Protarthraster longimanus

Asteroidea

Taxonomy
Palaeaster longimanus was named by Whidborne (1896). Its type specimen is Lectotype GSM 7163-4 and is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Protarthraster.

It was recombined as Protarthraster longimanus by Spencer (1918), Owen (1965).

Entered
by L. Villier on 2008-07-18

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Palaeaster longimanus Whidborne p. 376
1898Palaeaster longimanus Whidborne pp. 204-215 figs. pl. 26 figs. 1-4, pl. 29 fig. 3
1918Protarthraster longimanus Spencer pp. 164-166 figs. text-figs. 104-108, pl. 13 figs. 3-5
1965Protarthraster longimanus Owen pp. 566-567

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
genusProtarthraster
specieslongimanus()

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.

†Protarthraster longimanus Whidborne 1896
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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