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Encrinaster tischbeinianus

Ophiuroidea - Encrinasteridae

Taxonomy
Aspidosoma tischbeinianum was named by Roemer (1864).

It was recombined as Euzonosoma tischbeinianum by Spencer (1930), Lehmann (1957), Owen (1965); it was recombined as Encrinaster tischbeinianus by Schuchert (1915), Jell and Theron (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Aspidosoma tischbeinianum Roemer pp. 144-146 figs. pl. 23
1876Aspidosoma tischbeinianum Quenstedt p. 76 figs. pl. 92 fig. 36
1886Aspidosoma tischbeinianum Stürtz p. 92 figs. pl. 12 figs. 1, 2
1910Aspidosoma tischbeinianum Schöndorf pp. 23, 62 figs. pl. 1 fig. 1, pl. 3 figs. 4, 5
1915Encrinaster tischbeinianus Schuchert p. 244
1930Euzonosoma tischbeinianum Spencer p. 416
1957Euzonosoma tischbeinianum Lehmann pp. 25-28 figs. text-figs. 3, 4, pl. 4 figs. 1, 4-6
1965Euzonosoma tischbeinianum Owen p. 552
1999Encrinaster tischbeinianus Jell and Theron pp. 163, 165-170 figs. figs. 40-43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
familyEncrinasteridae
genusEncrinaster
speciestischbeinianus()

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. A. Jell and J. N. Theron 1999Reaching large size (130 mm arm length); with arms distally whip-like; disc with concave margins (of more than 11) large plates between arms; rest of disc of thin tiny tuberculate plates; 1st ambulacrals short and stubby; ambulacral groove wide across disc (apparently unable to close?); ambulacrals and adambulacrals as boot-shaped ossicles with toes pointing at each other; podial basins circular, similarly sized throughout arm; width of arm determinated by width of ambulacrals or attitude of adambulacrals; madreporite ventral, adjacent to mouth frame, with strong ridge ornament.
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

Age range: Eifelian or 393.47000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95South Africa Encrinaster tischbeinianus (39147 39148 39149)