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Astropecten foveolatus

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy
Crenaster foveolatus was named by Meneghini (1862). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Astropecten foveolatus by Meneghini (1886), Sacco (1893), del Prato (1896), von Linstow (1909) and Hess (1955).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Crenaster foveolatus Meneghini p. 8
1880Crenaster foveolatus Seguenza p. 133
1886Astropecten foveolatus Meneghini p. 4
1893Astropecten foveolatus Sacco pp. 741, 745
1896Astropecten foveolatus del Prato p. 47
1909Astropecten foveolatus von Linstow p. 54
1955Astropecten foveolatus Hess p. 80

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

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 foveolatus Meneghini 1862
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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, Blake 1990, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available