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Astropecten adriaticus

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy
Asterias adriatica was named by Desmoulins (1832). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was recombined as Astropecten adriatica by del Prato (1896), Valette (1925); it was synonymized objectively with Astropecten saucatsensis by Hess (1955); it was recombined as Astropecten adriaticus by von Linstow (1909), Villier (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Asterias adriatica Desmoulins p. 198 figs. pl. 2 fig. 2
1850Asterias adriatica d'Orbigny p. 143
1857Asterias adriatica Pictet p. 271
1893Asterias adriatica Sacco p. 745
1896Astropecten adriatica del Prato p. 48
1909Astropecten adriaticus von Linstow p. 55
1925Astropecten adriatica Valette pp. 173-174
1925Astropecten saucatsensis Valette pp. 201-203 figs. fig. 11
1925Astropecten salomacensis Valette pp. 203-205 figs. fig. 12
1955Lophidiaster saucatsensis Hess pp. 67-68
2010Astropecten adriaticus Villier

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

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.

Astropecten adriaticus Desmoulins 1832
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Invalid names: Astropecten salomacensis Valette 1925 [synonym], Astropecten saucatsensis Valette 1925 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Blake 1990
Collections
No collection or age range data are available