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Lophidiaster postornatus

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy
Lophidiaster postornatus was named by Rasmussen (1945). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Astropecten postornatus by Rasmussen (1950), Rasmussen (1972) and Rasmussen (1979).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Lophidiaster postornatus Rasmussen p. 425 figs. pl. 9 fig. 16
1950Astropecten postornatus Rasmussen p. 91 figs. pl. 10 fig. 21
1955Lophidiaster postornatus Hess p. 66
1972Astropecten postornatus Rasmussen pp. 37-38 figs. pl. 3 fig. 1-4
1979Astropecten postornatus Rasmussen p. 70
2000Lophidiaster postornatus Jagt p. 390

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyAstropectinidae
subfamilyAstropectininae
genusLophidiaster
speciespostornatus

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.

Lophidiaster postornatus Rasmussen 1945
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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