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Furcaster leptosoma

Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae

Taxonomy
Protaster leptosoma was named by Salter (1857).

It was recombined as Sturtzura leptosoma by Gregory (1897), Chapman (1907), Schöndorf (1910), Schuchert (1914) and Schuchert (1915); it was recombined as Rhodostoma leptosoma by Sollas and Sollas (1912); it was recombined as Furcaster leptosoma by Spencer (1925), Owen (1965) and Lewis et al. (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. separatus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Protaster leptosoma Salter p. 331 figs. pl. 9 fig. 5
1863Protaster leptosoma Wright p. 33
1876Protaster leptosoma Quenstedt p. 133 figs. pl. 95 fig. 12
1886Squamaster echinatus Ringueberg p. 6 figs. pl. 1 fig. 1
1886Protaster leptosoma Stürtz p. 79
1897Sturtzura leptosoma Gregory p. 1035
1905Sympterura minveri Bather pp. 161-169 figs. pl. 1 figs. 1-3, 6
1907Sturtzura leptosoma Chapman p. 26 figs. pl. 8 fig. 5
1910Sturtzura leptosoma Schöndorf p. 215
1912Rhodostoma leptosoma Sollas and Sollas p. 223 figs. text-fig. 4c, pl. 9 figs. 3,4
1914Sturtzura leptosoma Schuchert pp. 35, 41
1915Sturtzura leptosoma Schuchert p. 237
1915Squamaster echinatus Schuchert pp. 249-250
1915Sympterura minveri Schuchert p. 256 figs. text-fig. 22
1925Furcaster leptosoma Spencer pp. 319-326 figs. text figs. 197, 198, 207, 208, 211, 212, pl. 18 fig. 4, pl. 22 fig. 3-10
1965Furcaster leptosoma Owen p. 556
2007Furcaster leptosoma Lewis et al. p. 37 figs. pl. 1, fig. 6, pl. 2 fig. 2

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

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.

†Furcaster leptosoma Salter 1857
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Invalid names: Squamaster echinatus Ringueberg 1886 [synonym], Sympterura minveri Bather 1905 [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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Leintwardine or 438.50000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom Furcaster leptosoma (99373 224104)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0United Kingdom Furcaster leptosoma (99394)
Leintwardine421.3 - 419.2United Kingdom Furcaster leptosoma (95143)