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Bohemura granifer

Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae

Taxonomy
Eugaster granifer was named by Whidborne (1896). Its type specimen is Holotype GSM 7165 and is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Protaster granifer by Whidborne (1898); it was recombined as Bohemura granifer by Spencer (1934) and Owen (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Eugaster granifer Whidborne p. 377
1898Protaster granifer Whidborne pp. 206-207 figs. pl. 26 figs. 5a, 6a
1934Bohemura granifer Spencer pp. 479-483 figs. text-figs. 311-313, pl. 30 fig. 5, 6
1965Bohemura granifer Owen p. 550

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

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.

†Bohemura granifer Whidborne 1896
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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