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Drepanaster scabrosus

Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae

Taxonomy
Protaster scabrosus was named by Whidborne (1896). Its type specimen is Lectotype GSM 7169 and is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Protaster (Drepanaster) scabrosus by Whidborne (1898); it was recombined as Drepanaster scabrosus by Spencer (1940) and Owen (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Protaster scabrosus Whidborne p. 377
1898Protaster (Drepanaster) scabrosus Whidborne p. 208 figs. pl. 29 figs. 1a, 2a
1940Drepanaster scabrosus Spencer pp. 498-504 figs. text-figs. 291D, pl. 29 fig. 6, pl. 32 fig. 6, 7
1965Drepanaster scabrosus Owen p. 550

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

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.

†Drepanaster scabrosus 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