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Mistia

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Benthopectinidae

Taxonomy
Mistia was named by Blake (1973) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Nearchaster by Gale and Jagt (2021).

It was assigned to Benthopectinidae by Blake (1973); to Benthopectininae by Blake (1984); and to Paxillosida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Mistia Blake p. 48
1984Mistia Blake p. 632
2002Mistia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyBenthopectinidae
subfamilyBenthopectininae
genusMistia

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.

G. †Mistia Blake 1973
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. B. Blake 1973Disk moderately large, with slender, tapering arms. Margins and aboral surface heavily spinose. Primary aboral ossicles large, conical, with single central base, surrounded by ring of smaller, generally inconspicuous bases. Marginal ossicles inflated, area of spine bases not distinctly more inflated than remainder of ossicle. Superomarginal with three principal spine bases, inferomarginal with one principal base. Adambulacral with two transverse principal spine bases, relatively small ad pm. Mouth ossicle with three large adradial triangularly arranged spine bases, three moderate-sized spine bases abradial to large group, peristomial margin with low spine bases.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 15:35:10
Modified: 2010-02-09 06:02:08
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available