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Protaster sedgwickii

Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae

Taxonomy
Protaster sedgwickii was named by Forbes (1849). It is the type species of Protaster.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Protaster sedgwickii Forbes figs. pl. 4
1854Protaster sedgwickii Murchison p. 221
1857Protaster sedgwickii Salter p. 332
1860Protaster sedgwickii Hall p. 134
1863Protaster sedgwickii Wright p. 33
1868Protaster sedgwickii Hall p. 293
1876Protaster sedgwickii Quenstedt p. 133 figs. pl. 95 fig. 11
1889Protaster sedgwickii Gregory p. 28
1897Protaster sedgwickii Gregory p. 1031 figs. fig. 1
1897Protaster biforis Gregory p. 1032 figs. fig. 2, 3
1910Protaster biforis Schöndorf p. 238
1912Protaster sedgwickii Sollas and Sollas p. 225 figs. fig. 3
1914Protaster biforis Schuchert p. 35
1914Protaster sedgwickii Schuchert p. 35
1915Protaster sedgwickii Schuchert p. 225 figs. text-fig. 23
1915Protaster biforis Schuchert pp. 226-227 figs. text-figs. 24, 25
1925Protaster sedgwickii Spencer p. 277
1934Protaster sedgwickii Spencer pp. 457-464 figs. text-figs. 297-299, pl. 29 fig. 7, pl. 31 fig. 1, 2, pl. 32 fig. 5, pl. 33 fig. 2
1965Protaster sedgwickii Owen p. 549
2007Protaster sedgwickii Lewis et al. p. 36 figs. fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
orderOegophiurida
suborderLysophiurina()
familyProtasteridae
genusProtaster
speciessedgwickii

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.

Protaster sedgwickii Forbes 1849
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Invalid names: Protaster biforis Gregory 1897 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:30:09
Modified: 2010-02-12 01:58:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Wenlock to the top of the Ludlow or 433.40000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom Protaster sedgwickii (99378)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0United Kingdom Protaster sedgwickii (99394)