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Aganaster huaanensis

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aganasteridae

Taxonomy
Ophioderma huaanensis was named by Wu (1980). It is a mold. Its type locality is Fulicun Hzg-1592-C, Hua'an County, which is in a Capitanian marine siliciclastic in the Tongziyan Formation of China.

It was recombined as Aganaster huaanensis by Chen and McNamara (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Ophioderma huaanensis Wu p. 61 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2
2006Aganaster huaanensis Chen and McNamara p. 324

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
RankNameAuthor
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
suborderChilophiurina()
familyAganasteridae
genusAganaster
specieshuaanensis()

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.

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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

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Fujian) Ophioderma huaanensis (type locality: 120773)