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Pentasteria (Archastropecten) huxleyi

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy
Astropecten huxleyi was named by Wright (1863). Its type specimen is Holotype BNHM OR 33848 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Archastropecten huxleyi by Hess (1955); it was recombined as Pentasteria (Archastropecten) huxleyi by Hess (1987) and Lewis (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Astropecten huxleyi Wright pp. 123-125 figs. pl. 8 fig. 1
1955Archastropecten huxleyi Hess pp. 33-34 figs. fig. 6-8
1987Pentasteria (Archastropecten) huxleyi Hess pp. 911-916 figs. fig. 3-6
1993Pentasteria (Archastropecten) huxleyi Lewis p. 62

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

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 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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake 1990
Collections
No collection or age range data are available