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Asterias arenicola

Asteroidea - Asteriidae

Taxonomy
Asterias arenicola was named by Goldfuss (1833).

It was recombined as Pleuraster arenicola by Pictet (1857); it was recombined as Astropecten arenicolus by Wright (1863).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Asterias arenicola Goldfuss p. 208 figs. pl. 63 fig. 4
1848Asterias arenicola McCoy p. 409
1857Pleuraster arenicola Pictet p. 242
1863Astropecten arenicolus Wright p. 123
1867Asterias arenicola Quenstedt p. 709
1876Asterias arenicola Quenstedt p. 29
1955Asterias arenicola Hess p. 71

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
Tripedicellaria
Forcipulatida()
familyAsteriidae
subfamilyAsteriinae
genusAsterias
speciesarenicola

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.

Asterias arenicola Goldfuss 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 17:11:12
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:38:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available