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Encrinaster hamlingi

Ophiuroidea - Encrinasteridae

Taxonomy
Encrinaster hamlingi was named by Spencer (1930). Its type specimen is Holotype GSM 37360 and is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Encrinaster hamlingi Spencer pp. 425-427 figs. text-fig. 274, pl. 27 fig. 10
1965Encrinaster hamlingi Owen p. 553

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

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.

†Encrinaster hamlingi Spencer 1930
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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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available