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Alepidaster miamiensis

Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae

Taxonomy
Protaster miamiensis was named by Miller (1882). Its type specimen is Holotype USMN 40886 and is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Alepidaster miamiensis by Schuchert (1915).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Protaster miamiensis Miller p. 116 figs. pl. 5 fig.6
1896Protaster miamiensis James p. 138
1908Protaster miamiensis Parks p. 368
1915Alepidaster miamiensis Schuchert p. 233

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
orderOegophiurida
suborderLysophiurina()
familyProtasteridae
genusAlepidaster
speciesmiamiensis()

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.

†Alepidaster miamiensis Miller 1882
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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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available