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Pentasteria boisteli

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy
Pentasteria boisteli was named by Valette (1929). Its type specimen is Holotype FSL 27445 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Archastropecten boisteli by Hess (1955).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Pentasteria boisteli Valette pp. 26-28 figs. pl. 3 fig. 2, pl. 4 fig. 1-8
1935Pentaster boisteli Mercier p. 18
1955Archastropecten boisteli Hess pp. 47-48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyAstropectinidae
genusPentasteria
speciesboisteli

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.

Pentasteria boisteli Valette 1929
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Hess 1955Arm constricted at their base. Abactinal plates of the disc tight, hexagonal and covered with granules. Superomarginal plates covered with dense granules, most plates also bearing a short conical spine on a crater-shape tubercle. Inferomarginal row parallel to that of the superomarginal plates.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: waterf
Dispersal 2: planktonicf
Created: 2007-10-02 03:56:56
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:31:00
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available