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Pentasteria elegans

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy
Astropecten elegans was named by Fraas (1886). Its type specimen is at the Paläontologischen Staatssamlung, München and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pentasteria elegans by Hess (1955).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Astropecten elegans Fraas p. 249 figs. pl. 30 fig. 1
1887Astropecten elegans de Loriol p. 5
1895Astropecten elegans de Loriol p. 6
1908Astropecten elegans Lemoine p. 134
1955Pentasteria elegans Hess pp. 42-43

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

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 elegans Fraas 1886
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Hess 1955Terminal plate large, thickened.
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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available